Race, Iq And Jensen

WEST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE LIBRARY RACE, IQ AND JEN SEN JAMES R. FLYNN P r o f e s s o r o f P o l i t i c a l S tu d ie s U n i v e r s i t y o f O tag o R o u tle d g e & K egan P a u l L ondon, B o s to n a n d H en le y TO NATALIE t F i r s t p u b l i s h e d i n 1980 b y R o u tle d g e & Kegan P a u l L td 39 S t o r e S t r e e t , London WC1E 7DD, 9 P a rk S t r e e t , B o s to n , M ass. 0 2 1 0 8 , USA and Broadw ay H o u se , Newtown R oad, H e n le y -o n -T h a m e s, Oxon RG9 1EN P r i n t e d an d bound i n G r e a t B r i t a i n by Thomson L ith o L td , E a s t K ilb rid e C o p y r ig h t © Jam es R. F ly n n 1980 No p a r t o f t h i s book may b e r e p r o d u c e d i n an y form w i t h o u t p e r m i s s io n from th e p u b lis h e r , e x c e p t f o r th e q u o ta tio n o f b r i e f p a ssa g e s in c r it ic is m B r i t i s h L i b r a r y C a ta lo g u in g i n P u b l i c a t i o n D ata F ly n n , Jam es R o b e rt R a c e , IQ an d J e n s e n . 1. I n t e l l e c t 2 . E th n o p s y c h o lo g y I . T itle 1 5 3 .9 '2 BF432.A1 ISBN 0 7 1 0 0 0 6 5 1 9 80-4 9 9 7 2 CONTENTS PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vi 1 THE RACIST AND HIS NEED FOR EVIDENCE 2 JENSEN AND HIS CRITICS 25 3 DIRECT EVIDENCE AND INDIRECT 72 4 A PROBLEM FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES 115 5 A PROBLEM FOR BLACKS 159 6 CONCLUSION AND SUMMARY 213 APPENDIX A BLACK SOLDIERS AND WHITE SOLDIERS 219 APPENDIX B JENSEN VERSUS SANDRA SCARR 262 v 1 NOTES 271 AUTHOR INDEX 303 SUBJECT INDEX 307 PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS T h is b o o k d e a l s w ith a r e a s i n w h ic h r e s e a r c h an d p u b l i c a ­ t i o n s a c c u m u la te s w i f t l y . The r e a d e r h a s a r i g h t t o know t h e c u t - o f f d a t e o f t h e a u t h o r 's r e s e a r c h : th e a u t h o r s to p p e d r e a d i n g b o o k s on r a c e an d IQ , w ith some p l e a s u r e , on 1 J a n u a r y 1980 a n d p u b l i s h e d r e s e a r c h , w ith a few e x ­ c e p t i o n s , on a b o u t th e sam e d a t e . No d o u b t I h a v e m is s e d s o m e th in g o f s i g n i f i c a n c e an d o f c o u r s e I h a v e n o t u se d e v e ry th in g re a d . As f o r th a n k in g o t h e r s f o r t h e i r h e l p , I owe much t o many b u t w i l l l i m i t m y s e lf t o e x p r e s s i n g my g r a t i t u d e t o t h o s e whom I b o t h e r e d t h e m o s t: P r o f . Jo h n C. L o e h l in , D e p a rtm e n t o f P s y c h o lo g y , U n i v e r s i t y o f T e x a s ; Dr G .F . L i d d e l l , Mr J .A . H a rra w a y , and Mr B . F . J . M an ly , D e p a rtm e n t o f M a th e m a tic s , U n i v e r s i t y o f O ta g o ; an d Mr F.W. P e r n e l l o f th e N a t i o n a l A rc h iv e s an d R e c o rd s S e r v i c e , S u i t l a n d , M a ry la n d . P r o f . L o e h lin r e a d a c o m p le te d r a f t o f t h e m a n u s c r ip t and I owe him a p a r t i c u l a r d e b t f o r s a v in g me fro m a num ber o f m is ta k e s an d o m is s io n s . A r t h u r R. J e n s e n was g e n e r o u s enough t o g r a n t me a c c e s s t o m a t e r i a l fro m h i s own m o st r e c e n t b o o k , T e s t i n g ', p r i o r t o i t s p u b l i c a t i o n . 'B ia s i n M e n ta l B oth S a n d r a S c a r r an d J e n s e n e x te n d e d t h e same c o u r t e s y by s e n d in g me d r a f t s o f m a t e r i a l t o b e i n