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Does your Family Make You Smarter? - Nature, Nurture, and Human Autonomy (Paperback)
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Does your Family Make You Smarter? - Nature, Nurture, and Human Autonomy (Paperback)
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Does your family make you smarter? James R. Flynn presents an
exciting new method for estimating the effects of family on a range
of cognitive abilities. Rather than using twin and adoption
studies, he analyses IQ tables that have been hidden in manuals
over the last 65 years, and shows that family environment can
confer a significant advantage or disadvantage to your level of
intelligence. Wading into the nature vs. nurture debate, Flynn
banishes the pessimistic notion that by the age of seventeen,
people's cognitive abilities are solely determined by their genes.
He argues that intelligence is also influenced by human autonomy -
genetics and family notwithstanding, we all have the capacity to
choose to enhance our cognitive performance. He concludes by
reconciling this new understanding of individual differences with
his earlier research on intergenerational trends (the 'Flynn
effect') culminating in a general theory of intelligence.
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