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Title:

The rising curve : long-term gains in IQ and related measures / edited by Ulric Neisser.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

American Psychological Association,

Copyright Date:

c1998

Description:

xv, 415 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Intelligence levels--History--20th century.
African Americans--Intelligence levels.
Intellect--Genetic aspects.
Intelligence--genetics--United States.
Blacks--United States.
Intelligence tests--United States.

Other Authors:

Neisser, Ulric.
American Psychological Association.

Notes:

Based on papers presented at a conference held in the spring of 1996 at Emory University. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents:

Introduction : rising test scores and what they mean / Ulric Neisser -- IQ gains over time : toward finding the causes / James R. Flynn -- Environmental complexity and the Flynn effect / Carmi Schooler -- The cultural evolution of IQ / Patricia M. Greenfield -- Are we raising smarter children today? School- and home-related influences on IQ / Wendy M. Williams -- The role of nutrition in the development of intelligence / Marian Sigman and Shannon E. Whaley -- Nutrition and the worldwide rise in IQ scores / Reynaldo Martorell -- In support of the nutrition theory / Richard Lynn -- Trends in Black-white test-score differentials : I. uses and misuses of NAEP/SAT data / Robert M. Hauser -- Exploring the rapid rise in Black achievement scores in the United States (1970-1990) / David W. Grissmer ... [et al.] -- The shrinking gap between high- and low-scoring groups : current trends and possible causes / Stephen J. Ceci, Tina B. Rosenblum, and Matthew Kumpf -- Trends in Black-white test-score differentials : II. the WORDSUM vocabulary test / Min-Hsiung Huang and Robert M. Hauser -- The decline of genotypic intelligence / Richard Lynn -- Problems in inferring dysgenic trends for intelligence / Irwin D. Waldman -- Differential fertility by IQ and the IQ distribution of a population / Samuel H. Preston -- Whither dysgenics? Comments on Lynn and Preston / John C. Loehlin.

Series:

APA science volumes

ISBN:

9781557985033 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1557985030 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)38132710

LCCN:

97052183

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)