Definitions for "Race and intelligence"
Race and intelligence is a controversial area of intelligence research studying the nature, origins, and practical consequences of racial and ethnic group differences in intelligence test scores and other measures of cognitive ability.Researchers contributing to this area of inquiry mostly include psychologists, psychometricians, geneticists, sociologists, and anthropologists.
According to Linda Gottfredson, a controversial researcher at the University of Delaware IQ differences among individuals of the same race reflect (1) real, (2) functionally/socially significant, and (3) substantially genetic differences in the general intelligence factor (, p. 311). Also, again according to Dr Gottfredson, average IQ differences among races reflect (1) real and (2) significant differences in the same g factor (, p. 311). However, it is a matter of debate whether IQ differences among races in a given country are primarily environmental, primarily genetic or simply an artifact of an inaccurate use of social racial identification as a proxy for genetics.http://www.apa.org/journals/releases/amp60171.pdf Race and IQ: Molecular Genetics as Deus ex Machina, Richard S.
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