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Chapter 7 - Intelligence, Society, and Human Autonomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2018

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James R. Flynn
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Robert J. Sternberg
Robert J. Sternberg
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Cornell University, New York
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The Nature of Human Intelligence , pp. 101 - 115
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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