Contributor
Neisser, Ulric.
Edition Statement:1st ed.
Imprint:Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c1998.
Descriptionxv, 415 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Note:Based on papers presented at a conference held in the spring of 1996 at Emory University.
Note:1. Introduction: Rising test scores and what they mean / Ulric Neisser -- PART ONE: GAINS ON INTELLIGENCE TESTS: 2. IQ gains over time: toward finding the causes / James R. Flynn -- 3. Environmental complexity and the Flynn effect / Carmi Schooler -- 4. The cultural evolution of IQ / Patricia M. Greenfield -- 5. Are we raising smarter children today? school- and home-related influences on IQ / Wendy M. Williams -- 6. The role of nutrition in the development of intelligence / Marian Sigman, Shannon E. Whaley -- 7. Nutrition and the worldwide rise in IQ scores / Reynaldo Martorell -- 8. In support of the nutrition theory / Richard Lynn -- PART TWO: A NARROWING GAP IN SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT: 9. Trends in black-white test score differentials: I. Uses and misuses of NAEP/SAT data / Robert M. Hauser -- 10. Exploring the rapid rise in black achievement scores in the United States (1970-1990) / David W. Grissmer, Stephanie Williamson -- 11. The shrinking gap between high- and low-scoring groups: current trends and possible causes / Stephen J. Ceci, Tina B. Rosenblum, Matthew Kumpf -- 12. Trends in black-white test-score differentials: II. the WORDSUM vocabulary test / Min-Hsiung Huang, Robert M. Hauser -- PART THREE: THE HYPOTHESIS OF DYSGENIC TRENDS: 13. The decline of genotypic intelligence / Richard Lynn -- 14. Problems in inferring dysgenic trends for intelligence / Irwin D. Waldman -- 15. Differential fertility by IQ and the IQ distribution of a population / Samuel H. Preston -- 16. Whither dysgenics? comments on Lynn and Preston / John C. Loehlin.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
