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Does your Family Make You Smarter?: Nature, Nurture, and Human Autonomy

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By (author): James R. Flynn

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. See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 410g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
  • Publication Date: 31 May 2016
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781316604465

About James R. Flynn

James R. Flynn is Professor Emeritus at the University of Otago New Zealand and a recipient of the University's Gold Medal for Distinguished Career Research. He is renowned for the 'Flynn effect' the documentation of massive IQ gains from one generation to another. Professor Flynn is the author of 12 books including Are We Getting Smarter? (Cambridge 2012) Where Have All the Liberals Gone? (Cambridge 2008) and What Is Intelligence? (Cambridge 2007) which caused many to rethink the prevailing theory of intelligence.

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