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History
of Testing: History of
Influences in the Development of Intelligence Theory and Testing. Includes:
over 60 brief biographies of people who contributed to theories of
intelligence and testing, accessible from an "interactive
map:" a flow chart showing historical connections, a hot
topics section, and references. For example: an article on The
Bell Curve, published in 1994, was written by Richard
Herrnstein and Charles Murray as a work designed to explain, using
empirical statistical analysis, the variations in intelligence in
American Society, raise some warnings regarding the consequences
of this intelligence gap, and propose national social policy with
the goal of mitigating the worst of the consequences attributed to
this intelligence gap.
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