Race and IQ

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

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Beskrivning

This thought provoking volume critically examines the terms 'race' and 'IQ' and their application in scientific discourse. The essayists draw on fields ranging from biology and genetics to psychology, anthropology, and education. Emerging from the essays is a deep skepticism about the scientific validity of intelligence tests, owing to the fact that scientists still cannot distinguish between genetic and environmental contributions to the development of the human mind. Five new essays have been included that specificially address the claims made in the recent, highly controversial book, The Bell Curve.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2002-08-08
Mått:140 x 202 x 23 mm
Vikt:390 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:496
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780195102215

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The late Ashley Montagu was a distinguished anthropologist and author of over 40 books, including The Nature of Human Aggression, Statement on Race, and Science and Creationism.

Innehållsförteckning

1: Ashley Montagu: Introduction 2: Th. Dobzansky and Ashley Montagu: Natural Selection and the Mental Capacities of Mankind 3: Ashley Montagu: The IQ Mythology 4: Leonard Lieberman, with Alice Littlefield and Larry T. Reynolds: The Debate Over Race: Thirty Years and Two Centuries Later 5: S.E. Luria: What Can Biologists Solve? 6: Jerome Kagan: The Magical Aura of the IQ 7: S. Biesheuvel: An Examination of Jensen's Theory Concerning Educability, Heritability, and Population Differences 8: Edmund W. Gordon with Derek Green: An Affluent Society's Excuses for Inequality: Developmental, Economic, and Educational 9: Urie Brofenbrenner: Nature with Nurture; A Reinterpretation of the Evidence 10: Stephen Jay Gould: Racist Arguments and IQ 11: Ashley Montagu: Intelligence, IQ, and Race 12: C. Loring Brace and Frank B. Livingstone: On Creeping Jensenism 13: Richard C. Lewontin: Race and Intelligence 14: David Layzer: Heritability Analyses of IQ Scores: Science or Numerology? 15: Peggy R. Sanday: On The Causes of IQ Differences Between Groups and Implications for Social Policy 16: W.F. Bodmer: Race and IQ: The Genetic Background 17: Urie Brofenbrenner: Is Early Intervention Effective? Some Studies of Early Education in Familial and Extra-Familial Settings 18: Alan Ryan: Bad Science, Worse Politics 19: Leon J. Kamin: Behind the Curve 20: Charles Lane: The Tainted Sources of The Bell Curve 21: C. Loring Brace: "Science" in the Sevice of Racism 22: Ned Block: How Heritability Misleads About Race