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The Bell curve case for heredity

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The Bell Curve maintains that racial differences can affect intelligence and that the level of intelligence can be hereditary. Scientists have disputed this by stating that there is no proven genetic differential. It has been proven scientifically that the intelligence potential for all races are the same and there is no question of genetic differential. The heritability of IQ has been established but there have been no established links to race.

Author: Levin, Michael, Hocutt, Max
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0048-3931
Year: 1999
Social aspects, Human beings, Humans, Mental efficiency, Intellect

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The Bell Curve and heredity: a reply to Hocutt and Levin

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The relationship between race and IQ scores is discussed, in response to a recent article by Max Hocutt and Michael Levin. Topics include the relationship between race and IQ scores, Hocutt and Levin on the heritability of intelligence, the correlation between genes and environment, culture and heredity, a thought experiment to refute the Hocutt-Levin hypothesis, and science in relation to the Hocutt-Levin hypothesis.

Author: Keita, L.D.
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0048-3931
Year: 2001
Sierra Leone

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Reply to Keita

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The relationship between race and IQ scores is discussed, in response to arguments raised by L.D. Keita. Topics include the climatic theory of race differences, within-race differences in IQ scores, IQ differences between monozygotic twins, and the relationship between brain size and IQ.

Author: Levin, Michael, Hocutt, Max
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0048-3931
Year: 2001
United States

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Subjects list: Analysis, Intelligence (Psychology), Genetic aspects, Criticism and interpretation, Race, Heredity, Human, Human heredity, Intelligence levels, The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life (Book)
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