Inventing Intelligence : How America Came to Worship IQ.

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Worshipping at the Altar of IQ -- 2. Intelligence in Historical Context: The Colonial Experience -- 3. Science in Nineteenth-Century America: Intellect, Intelligence, and the Science of Man -- 4. Merit and Social Status in Nineteenth-Century America -- 5. Phrenology: A Precursor to IQ Testing -- 6. Intelligence and Its Measurement -- 7. IQ Testing, Social Control, and Merit -- 8. Democratic Ideology and IQ Testing -- 9. A Century of IQ Testing: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same -- 10. Toward a Broader Conception of Intelligence -- 11. Toward a More Balanced Perspective on Heredity and IQ -- 12. Toward a More Equitable Conception of Merit -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

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