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SUMMARY:Reflections about intelligence over 30 years - Professor James Fly
 nn ( University of Otago)
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CONTACT:Professor John Rust
DESCRIPTION:Controversies concerning the measurement of intelligence have 
 raged since IQ tests were first invented over 110 years ago\, but attitude
 s changed dramatically in the 1990s when Professor Flynn urged all of us t
 o take seriously the year by year (0.34 IQ points)\, decade by decade (3.4
  IQ points)\, increases in IQ scores over the past century. Most important
 ly\, he drew attention to the powerful effects of between group environmen
 ts on IQ scores\, driving the final nail into the coffin of the idea that 
 twin studies showed that IQ differences between groups were genetic in ori
 gin. We are delighted to welcome Jim for his annual Psychometrics Centre t
 alk in which he will reflect on the impact of these ideas on current think
 ing about the nature of human intelligence.
LOCATION:Zangwill Lecture Theatre\, Department of Psychology\, Downing Sit
 e\, Cambridge CB2 3EB
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