→Controversy: Rem unattributed and non-obvious statement that the lack of peer-review caused large critical response. Plenty of non-peer-reviewed science books are released without controversy. |
→Controversy: Remove unsourced claim regarding Pioneer Fund grantees. Unsourced information about living persons must be removed immediately per WP:BLP. |
||
Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
==Controversy== |
==Controversy== |
||
Eight signers, including Gottfredson, sit on the editorial board of ''[[Intelligence (journal)|Intelligence]]'' <!--out of 25-->which reprinted it; Detterman, one of the signers, founded the journal in 1977 and is its editor. <ref name="intelligence">[http://www.personalityresearch.org/journals/intelligence.html Editorial Board.] ''Intelligence: A Multidisciplinary Journal''</ref> |
|||
The ''Bell Curve'' controversy prompted a report by a task force of the [[American Psychological Association]], titled "[[Intelligence: Knowns and Unknowns]]"<ref>Neisser, U., G. Boodoo, T.J. Bouchard, Jr., et al. 1996. "Intelligence: Knowns and unknowns." American Psychologist 51: 77-101</ref> explicating what the mainstream association of psychologists have to say about the subject of intelligence. |
The ''Bell Curve'' controversy prompted a report by a task force of the [[American Psychological Association]], titled "[[Intelligence: Knowns and Unknowns]]"<ref>Neisser, U., G. Boodoo, T.J. Bouchard, Jr., et al. 1996. "Intelligence: Knowns and unknowns." American Psychologist 51: 77-101</ref> explicating what the mainstream association of psychologists have to say about the subject of intelligence. |
Revision as of 12:33, 2 October 2007
"Mainstream Science on Intelligence" is an opinion piece written by Linda Gottfredson, published in the Wall Street Journal on December 13, 1994. [1] It listed 25 statements which claimed to uphold findings on the subject of intelligence research discussed in the controversial book, The Bell Curve. The opinion piece was reprinted in the psychology journal Intelligence in 1997 with additional information and a bibliography.
Controversy
Eight signers, including Gottfredson, sit on the editorial board of Intelligence which reprinted it; Detterman, one of the signers, founded the journal in 1977 and is its editor. [2]
The Bell Curve controversy prompted a report by a task force of the American Psychological Association, titled "Intelligence: Knowns and Unknowns"[3] explicating what the mainstream association of psychologists have to say about the subject of intelligence.
The book The Bell Curve Debate edited by UCLA historian Russsell Jacoby and N. Glauberman[4] is a compilation of history, documents and opinions from scholars, representing a wide spectrum of disciplines weighing in on the subject of the controversies sparked by The Bell Curve which was written by the late psychologist Richard Herrnstein and conservative political scientist Charles Murray of the American Enterprise Institute. Controversy surrounding the book's methods and conclusions sparked numerous responses from the academic community. Race and IQ, edited by the late Ashley Montagu, compiles some responses to the book.[5]
The opinion piece that first appeared in the Wall Street Journal represents the side of the debate that supports the claims and conclusions by Herrnstein and Murray. Montagu's book portrays critical commentary.
Signers of the opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal
References
- ^ Gottfredson, Linda (December 13, 1994). Mainstream Science on Intelligence. Wall Street Journal, p A18.
- ^ Editorial Board. Intelligence: A Multidisciplinary Journal
- ^ Neisser, U., G. Boodoo, T.J. Bouchard, Jr., et al. 1996. "Intelligence: Knowns and unknowns." American Psychologist 51: 77-101
- ^ (New York: Times Books, 1995)
- ^ ISBN 019510221-5 Oxford University Press: 1999
External links
- Mainstream science on intelligence: An opinion piece with 52 signers, along with bibliography - re-published in Intelligence in 1997.
- Journal: Intelligence - List of editorial board members.