IQ Testing 101

by Alan S. Kaufman

Overview

• Does your IQ really measure your intelligence?
• Is IQ genetic?
• Can your IQ vary?
• Do we get smarter or dumber as we get older?
• How will IQ tests be different in the future?

Dr. Kaufman, a leading expert on the development of IQ tests, explores these critical questions and many more in IQ Testing 101. This book provides a brief, compelling introduction to the topic of IQ testing-its mysteries, misconceptions, and truths.

This newest edition to the popular Psych 101 Series presents a common-sense approach to what IQ is and what it is not. In lucid, engaging prose, Kaufman explains the nature of IQ testing, as well as where it came from, and where it's going in the future. A quick, fun, even enlightening read, not only for psychologists and educators, but for anyone interested in the study of intelligence.

The Psych 101 Series

Short, reader-friendly introductions to cutting-edge topics in psychology. With key concepts, controversial topics, and fascinating accounts of up-to-the-minute research, The Psych 101 Series is a valuable resource for all students of psychology and anyone interested in the field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826106308
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	07/20/2009
Series:	Psych 101
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	360
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Alan S. Kaufman, PhD, is Clinical Professor of Psychology at
the Yale University School of Medicine, Child Study Center. Kaufman
earned an AB degree from the University of Pennsylvania in
1965; an MA in Educational Psychology from Columbia University
in 1967; and a PhD from Columbia University in 1970 (under
Robert L. Thorndike in Psychology: Measurement, Research, and
Evaluation). While Assistant Director at The Psychological Corporation
from 1968 to 1974, Kaufman worked closely with David
Wechsler on the revision of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for
Children (WISC) and supervised the standardization of the revised
version-the WISC-R. He also collaborated with Dorothea Mc-
Carthy in the development and standardization of the McCarthy
Scales of Children's Abilities. From the mid-1970s to the present,
Kaufman has held several university positions prior to his current
professorship at Yale, most notably at the University of Georgia
(1974-1979) and the University of Alabama (1984-1995). Kaufman's
texts, including Intelligent Testing With the WISC-R (1979),
Assessing Adolescent and Adult Intelligence (1990), and Intelligent Testing
With the WISC-III (1994), have been widely used for the interpretation
of Wechsler's scales for children, adolescents, and adults.
In 2009 he coauthored Essentials of WAIS-IV Assessment (with Liz
Lichtenberger) and the second edition of Essentials of WISC-IV Assessment
(with Dawn Flanagan). Kaufman's tests, developed with
his wife Nadeen-most notably the 1983 Kaufman Assessment
Battery for Children (K-ABC) and its 2004 revision (KABC-II)-
have been widely used throughout the world to measure children's
intelligence. Kaufman is a Fellow of four divisions of the American
Psychological Association (APA) and of the Association for Psychological
Science (APS) and is a recipient of the Mensa Education and
Research Foundation Award for Excellence (1989) and the Mid-
South Educational Research Association Outstanding Research
Award (1988 and 1993). In 1997, he received the APA's prestigious
Senior Scientist Award from Division 16 (School Psychology), and
in 2005 he delivered the Legends in School Psychology Annual Address
to the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP).

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Table of Contents

"Chapter 1 Why Would Anyone Want to Read a Book About IQ Testing?
Chapter 2 History, Part 1: Who Invented the IQ Test?
Chapter 3 History, Part 2: At Long LastóTheory Meets Practice
Chapter 4 The IQ Construct, Part 1: We All Know What IQs AreóDonít We?
Chapter 5 The IQ Construct, Part 2: How Accurate Are IQ Tests?
Chapter 6 Hot Topic: Is IQ Genetic?
Chapter 7 Hot Topic: Are Our IQs ìFixedî or Are They ìMalleableî?
Chapter 8 Hot TopicóIQ and Aging: Do We Get Smarter or Dumber as We Reach Old Age?
Chapter 9 Hot TopicóIQ Tests in the Public Forum: Lead Level, Learning Disabilities, and IQ
Chapter 10 The Future of IQ Tests
References
Index
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