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WHAT IS INTELLIGENCE? Beyond the Flynn Effect By James R. Flynn Cambridge University Press | $22
During the past hundred years, an impressive increase in IQ scores has occurred in the world's industrialized countries. In What Is Intelligence? James R. Flynn, the discoverer and chronicler of this phenomenon (dubbed the "Flynn Effect"), suggests that we should not facilely equate IQ gains with intelligence gains. He says that it's necessary to "dissect 'intelligence'" into its component parts: "solving mathematical problems, interpreting the great works of literature, finding on-the-spot solutions, assimilating the scientific worldview, critical acumen and wisdom." When this dissection is carried out, several paradoxes emerge, which Flynn in this engaging book attempts to reconcile.
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