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Education and class : the irrelevance of IQ genetic studies / Michel Schiff, Richard Lewontin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schiff, Michel.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Intellect--Genetic aspects.
- Intellect.
- Intelligence levels--Social aspects.
- Intelligence levels.
- Nature and nurture.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, [1986]
- Summary:
- An important contribution to the nature-nurture debate, this book discusses the methods that are used to measure the social and genetic aspects of behavior and the results of behavioral experimentation. Beginning with an overview of the history and present state of the literature on inequality, its biological and social origins, and the nature of intelligence testing, the authors also discuss the theory and measurement of genetics, social structure, and IQ scores, and consider possibilities for improvement of scholastic achievement and access to universities. The book also includes an account of a remarkable French experiment in which children of blue-collar origin were adopted into upper-middle-class families, and analyzes the results of this significant study.
- Notes:
- Includes indexes.
- Bibliography: pages [228]-236.
- ISBN:
- 0198575998 :
- OCLC:
- 13270525
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