What Is Intelligence?: Beyond the Flynn Effect, (Paperback)

from DaveShearon

Every time I teach about Carol Dweck's work on self-theories of intelligence, I ultimately get some kind of push back along the lines of "but some people really are smarter than others." That's despite the fact that I routinely (and generally repeatedly) disclaim the idea that Dr. Dweck's work su...

from EmreSevinc

I take this marvelous book to be an optimistic look at the progress of human mind based on careful analysis of evidence. With sharp wit and just enough humor (which made me laugh out loud on some pages), Flynn does what he promises at the beginning of the book: Give a lecture to the well-educated...

from James.Igoe

The original text, minus the new chapters for this version, are generally excellent and insightful, nicely critiquing prior analyses of the Flynn effect, suggesting that the growth between generations can be partially explained by systems that increase abstraction and classification of the surrou...

from DaveShearon

Every time I teach about Carol Dweck's work on self-theories of intelligence, I ultimately get some kind of push back along the lines of "but some people really are smarter than others." That's despite the fact that I routinely (and generally repeatedly) disclaim the idea that Dr. Dweck's work su...

from EmreSevinc

I take this marvelous book to be an optimistic look at the progress of human mind based on careful analysis of evidence. With sharp wit and just enough humor (which made me laugh out loud on some pages), Flynn does what he promises at the beginning of the book: Give a lecture to the well-educated...