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Future bright [electronic resource] a transforming vision of human intelligence / Michael E. Martinez.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (303 p.;) 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780199781843
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No title; No titleDDC classification:
  • 153 153.9
LOC classification:
  • BF 431 M385f 2013
Contents:
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Sine Qua Non of Success; 2. What Is Intelligence?; 3. Varieties of Intelligence; 4. Brain and Mind; 5. The Nature-Nurture Dilemma; 6. How Experience Cultivates Intelligence; 7. The Superstructure of Effectiveness; 8. Ten Strategies to Enhance Intelligence; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Summary: Ever since Alfred Binet invented the first IQ test more than a century ago, we have thought of intelligence as fixed from birth and unalterable-as genetically programmed and immutable as eye color. If our IQ was 115 at the age of eighteen, it would be 115 at age thirty-two and at age seventy-two. But as Michael Martinez reveals in Future Bright, human intelligence is not at all a static quality. Drawing on cutting-edge research, Martinez shows that not only can we improve our IQ scores--with the right approach, we can improve intelligence itself. Future Bright introduces the radical view that
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) BF 431 M385f 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000146671

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Sine Qua Non of Success; 2. What Is Intelligence?; 3. Varieties of Intelligence; 4. Brain and Mind; 5. The Nature-Nurture Dilemma; 6. How Experience Cultivates Intelligence; 7. The Superstructure of Effectiveness; 8. Ten Strategies to Enhance Intelligence; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Ever since Alfred Binet invented the first IQ test more than a century ago, we have thought of intelligence as fixed from birth and unalterable-as genetically programmed and immutable as eye color. If our IQ was 115 at the age of eighteen, it would be 115 at age thirty-two and at age seventy-two. But as Michael Martinez reveals in Future Bright, human intelligence is not at all a static quality. Drawing on cutting-edge research, Martinez shows that not only can we improve our IQ scores--with the right approach, we can improve intelligence itself. Future Bright introduces the radical view that

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