Racial Differences on a Black Intelligence Test
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4051005 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James A Boone (University of Memphis), Vincent J Adesso |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 429 |
| Publication date | 1974-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Negro Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-2984 • E-ISSN: 2167-6437 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2966701 |
| OpenAlex | W1971181621 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
Investigators of the comparative differences in intelligence between Blacks and whites in America invariably have shown the test performances of Blacks to be inferior to those of whites on a variety of instruments. Some investigators (e.g., Garrett, 1960; McGurk, 1951; Shuey, 1966; Tanser, 1939) have argued that the differences in intelligence between the two groups are genetically determined-that is, Blacks are innately inferior to whites in intellectual capacity. However, studies aimed at investigating innate intellectual differences have all suffered from methodological difficulties, especially a failure to control adequately for environmental influences and other sources of bias. Other investigators (e.g., Klineberg, 1944; McQueen and Chum, 1960; Price, 1929; Roen, 1960) have taken the position that the observed differences in intelligence are due to differences in socioeconomic status (SES). Usually, they have attempted to diminish the differences between the groups in intelligence test scores by equating black and white subjects on SES variables. Price (1929) studied the test performances of black and white freshman in black and white colleges, respectively, and found that the difference in median scores was ten points in favor of the white students. He also found that 20 per cent of the scores of the blacks exceeded the median of the whites. Therefore, any conclusion about the inferiority of Blacks, as a group, can only be considered superficial, for many Blacks are apparently not inferior to their white counterparts. While some investigators have used a rather narrow interpretation of SES (e.g., Bruce, 1940; Klineberg, 1944), others have employed multivariable definitions of SES (e.g., Roen, 1960). Nevertheless, Blacks are typically found to score lower than
Ethnic group · Race (biology) · Racial bias · Racial differences · Sociology · Test (biology) · Anthropology · Cognitive Abilities and Testing · Gender Studies · Geology · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2004 (1) |
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