`In this remarkably economical, clear and informed book, Mike
Howe... sets about unravelling the formidable semantic, logical and
empirical knots into which IQ testers and their supporters have
tied themselves.... Howe suggests that we have, for decades, been
asking the wrong kinds of questions. He points to the number of
alternative, theoretically richer, views of human intelligence that
don't reduce all to a single dimension... this is rendered with an
easy, readable style which assumes no previous technical knowledge'
- British Journal of Educational Psychology In this provocative and
accessible book, Michael Howe exposes serious flaws in our most
widely accepted beliefs about intelligence. He shows that crucial
assumptions are simply wrong and have had destructive social
consequences. IQ is real enough, but the common idea that a quality
of intelligence is the underlying cause of people's differing
abilities is based on poor science as well as faulty reasoning.
Offering a powerful case for a better understanding of human
intelligence, IQ in Question contradicts erroneous and destructive
claims such as: IQ tests provide a measure of inherent mental
capacities; intelligence and `race' are linked; IQ measures are
good predictors of a person's success; intelligence cannot be
changed; there is a `gene for intelligence'; and low IQ always
means restricted capabilities.
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