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Sternberg, Robert J. – 1995
Although British psychologist Francis Galton lost the battle for the definition of intelligence in his own time, his views live on in the work of Richard Herrnstein and Charles Murray. They argue that the Intelligence Quotient (IQ) is an adequate measure of intelligence, and that IQ is highly heritable. They contend that there are racial and…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Educational Testing, Ethnic Groups, Genetics