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Download full textParker, Franklin; Parker, Betty J. – 1995
This paper reviews the book "The Bell Curve" by Harvard psychologist Richard J. Herrnstein and political scientist Charles Alan Murray. The paper asserts as the book's main points and implications: (1) one's socioeconomic place in life is now determined by IQ rather than family wealth and influence; (2) ruling white elites, who have…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Cognitive Ability, Cultural Differences, Genetics
Parker, Franklin – 1995
"The Bell Curve" by Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles A. Murray has ignited a fierce academic debate. They assert that IQ as measured by tests has replaced family wealth and status in determining jobs, income, class, and place in American life; that whites average 15 IQ points higher than blacks; and that high-IQ ruling elites, with…
Descriptors: Blacks, Equal Education, Genetics, Intelligence Quotient
