Colin Cooper is a British

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 psychologist

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 and senior lecturer in the School of Psychology at Queen's University Belfast. Cooper also devised the multiple-choice IQ

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 tests for the BBC

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 television programme Test the Nation

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. Among the questions, Cooper said that he had managed to "sneak in a few things that interested me", including questions "exploring the link between intelligence and genetics, height and the number of accidents they have had."

Books

• Intelligence and Abilities (1999)
• Individual Differences (2002)
• Test the Nation: The IQ Book (2003)