Measuring minds
Leila Zenderland · 1998
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About the book
This book offers the first complete study of the origins of American intelligence testing. It follows the life and work of Henry Herbert Goddard, America's first intelligence tester and author of the most popular American eugenics tract, The Kallikak Family ... The book also explores the broader legacies of the testing movement by showing how Goddard's ideas helped to reshape the very meaning of mental retardation, special education, clinical psychology, and the "normal" mind in ways that would be felt for the rest of the century.
First sentence: Throughout a lifetime that lasted for nearly a century, Henry Herbert Goddard's words, deeds, and demeanor always reflected the powerful influence of his New England origins.
Book details
- Year
- 1998
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 478
- ISBN
- 9780521003636
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