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Peer reviewedMartin, Charles A. – Journal of Negro Education, 1973
Focuses on the strategy of using the science of genetics to pepetuate the racism of the dominant society, proposing that arguments presented by the "liberal" proponents of special programs in abandoning the goals of the 1960s were used to rationalize the reopening of the latent question of genetic black inferiority. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Educational Policy, Environmental Influences, Genetics
Peer reviewedKamin, Leon J. – Psychological Bulletin, 1980
This article reviews sex studies of children of cousin marriages and three studies of children of incestuous matings. It is argued that these studies, taken as a whole, provide no substantial evidence for an inbreeding depression effect within the polygenic system commonly asserted to determine IQ. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Children, Genetics, Heredity, Intelligence
Gonzalves, Linda – 1983
The history of the study of human mental ability is an example of the dialectic in social science between those who interpret data within the framework of existing social inequities and those who look for perspectives that might eventually dissolve inequities. The dedication of Henry Herbert Goddard to a belief in the scientific proof of…
Descriptors: Bias, Classification, Cognitive Ability, Data Analysis
Peer reviewedScarr, Sandra; Weinberg, Richard A. – Intelligence, 1979
A reply to Plomin's critique and some criticisms of Munsinger's review of adopted child literature are presented. Selective bias in adoptee samples, implicit assumptions in models that lead to heritability estimates, and problems produced by lack of an accepted model of environmental transmission are also discussed. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Environmental Influences, Family Influence, Genetics
Cancro, Robert, Ed. – 1971
This book on the genetic and environmental influences on intelligence is comprised of the following papers: "The Structure of Intelligence in Relation to the Nature-Nurture Controversy," R. B. Cattell; "Theory of Intelligence," L. G. Humphreys; "Using Measured Intelligence Intelligently," P. R. Merrifield; "Intelligence: Definition, Theory, and…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Cognitive Development, Cultural Influences, Environmental Influences
Download full textKamin, Leon; Green, Winifred – 1973
This document comprises three presentations made on March 23 at a symposium sponsored by the Southern Regional Council focusing on Human Intelligence, Social Science and Social Policy. The first of the three parts of the document is the text of the principal presentation, made by Dr. Leon Kamin, Chariman of the Department of Psychology at…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Educational Diagnosis, Environmental Influences, Genetics
Goldberger, Arthur S. – 1974
This paper critically examines the portions of Arthur Jensen's books, "Genetics and Education" and "Educability and Group Differences," that concern Barbara Burks' 1928 study of adoptive families. Jensen cites the low correlations of children's IQs with measures of home environment from Burks' study as evidence that environment…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Biological Influences, Cognitive Development, Cultural Differences
