What Is Intelligence?: Beyond the Flynn Effect (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521880077)

Professor James Flynn is one of the most creative and influential psychologists in the field of intelligence. The 'Flynn Effect' refers to the massive increase in IQ test scores over the course of the twentieth century and the term was coined to recognize Professor Flynn's central role in measuring and analyzing these gains. For over twenty years, psychologists have struggled to understand the implications of IQ gains. Do they mean that each generation is more intelligent than the last? Do they suggest how each of us can enhance our own intelligence? Professor Flynn is finally ready to give his own views. He asks what intelligence really is and gives a surprising and illuminating answer. This book bridges the gulf that separates our minds from those of our ancestors a century ago. It is a fascinating and unique book that makes an important contribution to our understanding of human intelligence.

Author: James R. Flynn
ISBN-10: 0521880076
ISBN-13: 9780521880077
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/27/2007
Pages: 274
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.50w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/16/2007 pg. 159
New Yorker (The) 12/17/2007 pg. 92
Choice 02/01/2008 pg. 1244