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Intelligence and how to get it why schools and cultures count

Nisbett debunks the myth of genetic inheritance of intelligence and persuasively demonstrates how intelligence can be enhanced : the anti-Bell Curve book.--From publisher description.

Main Author: Nisbett, Richard E.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., Ã2009.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Intellect.
Schools.
Culture.
Summary: Nisbett debunks the myth of genetic inheritance of intelligence and persuasively demonstrates how intelligence can be enhanced : the anti-Bell Curve book.--From publisher description.
Physical Description: x, 304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-282) and index.
ISBN: 9780393065053
0393065057
9780393337693
0393337693
Author Notes: Richard E. Nisbett is Theodore M. Newcomb Distinguished University Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan and Research Professor at Michigan's Institute for Social Research. He has taught courses in social psychology, cultural psychology, cognitive psychology, and evolutionary psychology. His research focuses on how people from different cultures think, perceive, feel, and act in different ways. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award of the American Psychological Association and the William James Fellow Award of the American Psychological Society and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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