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

by James R. Flynn

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1316604462
• ISBN13: 9781316604465
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.4"