Bell Curve : Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life

English

ISBN: 0684824299

EAN: 9780684824291

Category: Science / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics/Psychology / General/Education / Educational Psychology/

Publisher: Free Press

Release Date: 01/04/1996

Synopsis: The seminal book about IQ and class that ignited one of the most explosive controversies in decades, now updated with a new Afterword by Charles MurrayBreaking new ground and old taboos, Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles Murray tell the story of a society in transformation. At the top, a cognitive elite is forming in which the passkey to the best schools and the best jobs is no longer social background but high intelligence. At the bottom, the common denominator of the underclass is increasingly low intelligence rather than racial or social disadvantage.The Bell Curvedescribes the state of scientific knowledge about questions that have been on peoples minds for years but have been considered too sensitive to talk about openly -- among them, IQs relationship to crime, unemployment, welfare, child neglect, poverty, and illegitimacy; ethnic differences in intelligence; trends in fertility among women of different levels of intelligence; and what policy can do -- and cannot do -- to compensate for differences in intelligence. Brilliantly argued and meticulously documented, The Bell Curve is the essential first step in coming to grips with the nations social problems.

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Bell Curve : Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life

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Format: Paperback

Height: 1.5 inches

Width: 6.12 inches

Length: 9.25 inches

Weight: 34.43 oz

Pages: 912