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Gould, Stephen Jay – Natural History, 1974
The author argues that no "hard" data exists on genetically based differences in intelligence among human groups. IQ measures the heritability of IQ, and statistical inaccuracies in reported studies are discussed and questioned. The current interest in biological determinism of intelligence is trivial; individuals can not be judged by group means.…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Environment, Heredity, Individual Development
Gould, Stephen Jay – Natural History, 1978
Briefly reviews the work of Paul Broca and his followers who used brain size measurements to argue for the inferiority of the female intelligence. (MA)
Descriptors: Anatomy, Anthropology, Biology, Females
Gould, Stephen Jay – New York Review of Books, 1980
Challenges Jensen's arguments (set forth in the book "Bias in Mental Testing") that intelligence tests are scientifically unbiased and that IQ and other mental tests measure something called "intelligence" by refuting Jensen's reading of the psychometric research literature. (EF)
Descriptors: Blacks, Book Reviews, Cluster Analysis, Factor Analysis