There is a strange disconnect between the scientific consensus and
the public mind on intelligence testing. Just mention IQ testing in
polite company, and you'll sternly be informed that IQ tests don't
measure anything "real", and only reflect how good you are at doing
IQ tests; that they ignore important traits like "emotional
intelligence" and "multiple intelligences"; and that those who are
interested in IQ testing must be elitists, or maybe something more
sinister. Yet the scientific evidence is clear: IQ tests are
extraordinarily useful. IQ scores are related to a huge variety of
important life outcomes like educational success, income, and even
life expectancy, and biological studies have shown they are
genetically influenced and linked to measures of the brain. Studies
of intelligence and IQ are regularly published in the world's top
scientific journals. This book will offer an entertaining
introduction to the state of the art in intelligence and IQ, and
will show how we have arrived at what we know from a century's
research. It will engage head-on with many of the criticisms of IQ
testing by describing the latest high-quality scientific research,
but will not be a simple point-by-point rebuttal: it will make a
positive case for IQ research, focusing on the potential benefits
for society that a better understanding of intelligence can bring.
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