Blum, Jeffrey M. - Pseudoscience and Mental Ability : The Origins and Fallacies of the IQ Controversy

New York, Monthly Review Press, (1978). orig.wrappers. 21x13cm, 240 pp, PAPERBACK.. Some minor rubbing. Some top page-edge soil. VG. ¶ Contents: The Rise of Eugenics & Psychometrics: Galton, Spender, & the Eugenics Paradigm; Social Darwinism & the Eugenics Movement; Early Attempts to Prove the Inheritance of Mental Ability: Galton, Pearson & Davenport; The Transition from Eugenics to Psychometrics; The Modern Form of the Psychometric Illusion: The Validity of IQ Tests: Do They Measure Mental Capacity? The Heritability Question: To What Extent are Test Scores Determined by Heredity? Ethnic Minorities & IQ Tests: The Problem of Cultural Bias in Tests; The Restorationists; "Creativity" Tests; Overview &Appraisal: The Pseudoscience Phenomenon; The Ideological Dimension; Revising the Image of Mental Ability; Appendix: Baron von Zetnikoff's Plan to Resolve the Nature-Nurture Controversy.