White, John (Author)
Routledge
Physical Details: 172 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English
Description Claims that the idea that intelligence is fixed and has innate limits can be traced back to Puritan communities in England and America, and relates the practice to school curricula and selection processes continuing into the present day.
Essay Review Harman, Oren (2008) Pure Intelligence: On Intelligence Testing, Puritanism, and the Methods and Burdens of History. Journal of the History of Biology (pp. 167-183).
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