Ashley Montagu, who first attacked the term " race " as a usable concept in his acclaimed work, Mans Most Dangerous Myth, offers here a devastating rebuttal...
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Ashley Montagu, who first attacked the term " race " as a usable concept in his acclaimed work, Mans Most Dangerous Myth, offers here a devastating rebuttal to those who would claim any link between race and intelligence. In now classic essays, this thought-provoking volume critically examines the terms " race " and " IQ " and their applications in scientifc discourse. The twenty-four contributors-including such eminent thinkers as Stephen Jay Gould, Richard Lewontin, Urie Bronfenbrenner, WF. Bodmer, and Jerome Kagan-draw on fields that range from biology and genetics to psychology, anthropology, and education. What emerges in piece after piece is a deep skepticism about the scientific validity of intelligence tests, especially as applied to evaluating innate intelligence, if only because scientists still cannot distinguish between genetic and environmental contributions to the development of the human mind. Five new essays have been included that specifically address the claims made in the highly controversial book The Bell Curve. Must reading for psychology, racial studies, and education students, Race and IQ is a brilliantiy lucid exploration of the boundary line between race and intelligence.
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Natural Selection and the Mental Capacities of Mankind
The IQ Mythology
The Debate Over Race : Thirty Years and Two Centuries Later
What Can Biologists Solve ? The Magical Aura of the IQ
An Examination of Jensen's Theory Concerning Educability, Heritability, and Population Differences
An Affluent Society's Excuses for Inequality : Developmental, Economic, and Educational
Nature with Nurture
Racist Arguments and IQ
Intelligence, IQ, and Race
On Creeping Jensenism
Race and Intelligence
Heritability Analyses of IQ Scores : Science or Numerology ? On the Causes of IQ Differences Between Groups and Implications for Social Policy
Race and IQ : The Genetic Background
Is Early Intervention Effective ? Some Studies of Early Education in Familial and Extra-Familial Settings
The late Ashley Montagu was a distinguished anthropologist and author of over forty books, including The Nature of Human Aggression, Statement on Race, and Science and Creationism.