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"The Intelligence Controversy: A Guide to the Debates" is an expert overview of one of the most bitter, most inflammatory social issues we face. Exploring often-dangerous crossroads where science, history, and politics meet, the book describes both the scientific debates on the meaning of intelligence and the use and misuse of intelligence science in the policy arena. Readers will learn how early measures of intelligence were used to justify slavery, to argue for limited immigration and curtailed voting rights, even to support letting the state decide who could become parents. The book then moves to current controversies involving intelligence testing, race, and class, including the debate over the "heritability" of intelligence perhaps the most misunderstood scientific concept in contemporary public discourse." No library descriptions found. |
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