Human Intelligence and Medical Illness Assessing the Flynn Effect /

• Main Author: Steen, R. Grant (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Series: The Springer Series on Human Exceptionality,
• Subjects: Psychology.; Neurosciences.; Public health.; Psychiatry.; Educational sociology.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Developmental psychology.; Cognitive psychology.; Cognitive Psychology.; Public Health.; Developmental Psychology.; Sociology of Education.

There’s little doubt that people are growing smarter. This effect is so strong that IQ tests must be renormed periodically to prevent classifying an overabundance of people as geniuses. The question is why is this collective rise in IQ – known as the Flynn effect –occurring? Possible theories to exp...