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CLASS DIFFERENCES IN GENERAL INTELLIGENCE: I
Author(s) -
Halsey A. H.
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
british journal of statistical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.157
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 2044-8317
pISSN - 0950-561X
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8317.1959.tb00019.x
Subject(s) - constitution , class (philosophy) , social intelligence , social class , psychology , social psychology , epistemology , political science , philosophy , law
The hypothesis which this paper defends is that the distribution of innate intelligence among different social classes is approximately random, and that the mean differences found in tested intelligence between different social classes are due, not to genetic constitution, but solely to environment. The arguments of Conway and of Burt in favour of the alternative hypothesis are examined; and it is concluded that, with more precise figures for social mobility, their arguments would strengthen rather than weaken the hypothesis here maintained.