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The Bell Curve
Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life
Taschenbuch von Charles Murray (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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The controversial New York Times national bestseller--now updated with a comprehensive response to critics. Covered on front pages around the world--reviled, praised, defended, and deplored--this seminal examination of the relationship between ethnicity and intelligence has "kicked up more reaction than any other social-science book of this decade" (David Brooks, The Wall Street Journal).
The controversial New York Times national bestseller--now updated with a comprehensive response to critics. Covered on front pages around the world--reviled, praised, defended, and deplored--this seminal examination of the relationship between ethnicity and intelligence has "kicked up more reaction than any other social-science book of this decade" (David Brooks, The Wall Street Journal).
Über den Autor
Richard J. Herrnstein held the Edger Pierce Chair in Psychology at Harvard University until his death in 1994.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

A Note to the Reader

Preface

Acknowledgments


Introduction

PART I.

THE EMERGENCE OF A COGNITIVE ELITE


1 Cognitive Class and Education, 1900-1990

2 Cognitive Partitioning by Occupation

3 The Economic Pressure to Partition

4 Steeper Ladders, Narrower Gates

PART II.

COGNITIVE CLASSES AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR


5 Poverty

6 Schooling

7 Unemployment, Idleness, and Injury

8 Family Matters

9 Welfare Dependency

10 Parenting

11 Crime

12 Civility and Citizenship

PART III.

THE NATIONAL CONTEXT


13 Ethnic Differences in Cognitive Ability

14 Ethnic Inequalities in Relation to IQ

15 The Demography of Intelligence

16 Social Behavior and the Prevalence of Low Cognitive Ability

PART IV.

LIVING TOGETHER


17 Raising Cognitive Ability

18 The Leveling of American Education

19 Affirmative Action in Higher Education

20 Affirmative Action in the Workplace

21 The Way We Are Headed

22 A Place for Everyone

Afterworld

APPENDIXES

1 Statistics for People Who Are Sure They Can't Learn Statistics

2 Technical Issues Regarding the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth

3 Technical Issues Regarding the Armed Forces Qualification Test as a Measure of IQ

4 Regression Analyses (rom Part II

5 Supplemental Material for Chapter 13

6 Regression Analyses from Chapter 14

7 The Evolution of Affirmative Action in the Workplace

Notes

Bibliography

Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1996
Genre: Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 912
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780684824291
ISBN-10: 0684824299
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Murray, Charles
Herrnstein, Richard J.
Orchester: Murray, Charles
Besonderheit: Unsere Aufsteiger
Hersteller: Simon & Schuster
Maße: 233 x 156 x 45 mm
Von/Mit: Charles Murray (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 07.02.1996
Gewicht: 0,928 kg
preigu-id: 101025886
Über den Autor
Richard J. Herrnstein held the Edger Pierce Chair in Psychology at Harvard University until his death in 1994.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

A Note to the Reader

Preface

Acknowledgments


Introduction

PART I.

THE EMERGENCE OF A COGNITIVE ELITE


1 Cognitive Class and Education, 1900-1990

2 Cognitive Partitioning by Occupation

3 The Economic Pressure to Partition

4 Steeper Ladders, Narrower Gates

PART II.

COGNITIVE CLASSES AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR


5 Poverty

6 Schooling

7 Unemployment, Idleness, and Injury

8 Family Matters

9 Welfare Dependency

10 Parenting

11 Crime

12 Civility and Citizenship

PART III.

THE NATIONAL CONTEXT


13 Ethnic Differences in Cognitive Ability

14 Ethnic Inequalities in Relation to IQ

15 The Demography of Intelligence

16 Social Behavior and the Prevalence of Low Cognitive Ability

PART IV.

LIVING TOGETHER


17 Raising Cognitive Ability

18 The Leveling of American Education

19 Affirmative Action in Higher Education

20 Affirmative Action in the Workplace

21 The Way We Are Headed

22 A Place for Everyone

Afterworld

APPENDIXES

1 Statistics for People Who Are Sure They Can't Learn Statistics

2 Technical Issues Regarding the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth

3 Technical Issues Regarding the Armed Forces Qualification Test as a Measure of IQ

4 Regression Analyses (rom Part II

5 Supplemental Material for Chapter 13

6 Regression Analyses from Chapter 14

7 The Evolution of Affirmative Action in the Workplace

Notes

Bibliography

Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1996
Genre: Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 912
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780684824291
ISBN-10: 0684824299
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Murray, Charles
Herrnstein, Richard J.
Orchester: Murray, Charles
Besonderheit: Unsere Aufsteiger
Hersteller: Simon & Schuster
Maße: 233 x 156 x 45 mm
Von/Mit: Charles Murray (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 07.02.1996
Gewicht: 0,928 kg
preigu-id: 101025886
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