Education and class : the irrelevance of IQ genetic studies
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Education and class : the irrelevance of IQ genetic studies
Clarendon Press, 1986
Available at 30 libraries
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Bibliography: p.[228]-236
Includes indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Dr Schiff and Professor Lewontin here present an important contribution to the nature-nurture debate. The book opens with a carefully argued view of the history and present state of the literature on inequality, its biological and social origins, and the nature of intelligence testing. The second part of the book gives an account of a remarkable French study of children of blue-collar origin who were adopted into upper-middle-class families, with an analysis of the results, which are of wide significance. The authors then consider how far scholastic achievement might be boosted and access to universities improved. The book concludes with a discussion of the theory and measurement of genetics, social structure, and IQ scores. The book will be of interest to all who are concerned with human behaviour genetics and its social implications.
Table of Contents
- PART I: GENETICS, IQ, AND SOCIAL CLASS
- Historical origins
- IQ scores, school achievement, and social class of origin
- PART II: HOW MUCH COULD WE BOOST...?: How much could we boost scholastic achievement and IQ scores?
- How much could we boost access to universities?
- PART III: RELEVANT AND IRRELEVANT TECHNICAL ISSUES
- Twelve errors about genetics and their social consequences
- Genetic studies of IQ scores: asking irrelevant questions
- Summary and conclusions
- References
- Index.
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