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Peer reviewedKupermintz, Haggai – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 1996
This commentary documents errors in the statistical analyses and interpretation of empirical evidence in "The Bell Curve" by R. Herrnstein and C. Murray (1994). "The Bell Curve" neglects the role of education and grossly overstates the case for IQ as a determinant of social success. (SLD)
Descriptors: Intelligence, Intelligence Quotient, Intelligence Tests, Nature Nurture Controversy
Download full textFenwick, Leslie T. – 1995
"The Bell Curve" by Richard Herrnstein and Charles E. Murray has created a great deal of controversy because of its assertion that the key to explaining inequality and social problems in the United States is stratification by a unitary entity called intelligence, or cognitive ability, as measured by the intelligence quotient (IQ). Their…
Descriptors: Blacks, Child Development, Cognitive Ability, Educational History
O'Brien, Francis J., Jr. – 1987
The Goldstein-Scheerer Tests of Abstract and Concrete Thinking are reviewed. This evaluative summary supplements several reviews in the Mental Measurements Yearbook series. The Goldstein-Scheerer tests are used by clinicians and researchers to distinguish normal individuals (those able to engage in two qualitatively different levels of cognitive…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adults, Cognitive Tests, Concept Formation
