Race And Intelligence: The Fallacies Behind The Race IQ Controversy PDF
205 Pages·1972·22.7215 MB·other
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This collection of essays about intelligence stems
from the revived nature-nurture controversy about the origins of mental
abilities, led notably by Arthur Jensen, whose article in 1969 created a
furore in the U.S.A., and more lately by H. J. Eysenck in Britain. In
planning this book, an attempt has been made to step back from the
debate itself and look at the concepts which underlie it. This involves a
close examination of the key ideas as well as some of the implications
of the evidence for our complex, heterogeneous society. After an opening
chapter by Liam Hudson which sets the stage and provides the historical
background, the book is divided into three parts. The first is
psychological and deals with the nature of intelligence, its
development, and relationship to school progress. The second part is
the domain of the biologists, who discuss the genetics of IQ and
intelligence, and the interpretation of race differences in these
capacities. Then, attention is turned to development and a consideration
of environmental influences on brain growth. In the final part, the
scope is broadened to look at the social world, both as the context for
the development of intelligence, and as the context for the debate about
race differences. The concluding chapter draws together the major
threads of the argument and discusses some of the educational
implications, particularly those for compensatory education. (Author/JM)
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