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scientific racism
misuse of the scientific method to justify racism
Flynn effect
20th-century rise in intelligence test scores
nature versus nurture
relative importance of an individual's innate qualities ("nature" in the sense of nativism or innatism) as compared to an individual's personal experiences ("nurture" in the sense of empiricism or behaviorism)
r/K selection theory
ecological theory concerning the selection of life history traits
craniometry
right|200px|thumb|A human skull and measurement device from 1902
race and intelligence
discussions and claims of differences in intelligence along racial lines
The Bell Curve
1994 book by Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles Murray
An Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races
19th century racist work of Arthur de Gobineau
IQ and the Wealth of Nations
book by Richard Lynn
model minority
view that a group that achieves a higher degree of socioeconomic success than the population at large
Ashkenazi Jewish intelligence
Notion that Ashkenazi Jews are smarter than other ethnic groups and debate over whether that is true and why that could be. Ashkenazi Jews have the highest average IQ according to scientific research.
The Passing of the Great Race
book by Madison Grant
Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring
law in Nazi Germany
criminal anthropology
subfield of anthropology
IQ and Global Inequality
book by Richard Lynn
heritability of IQ
percent of variation in IQ scores in a given population associated with genetic variation
Hjernevask
Hjernevask ("Brainwash") is a Norwegian documentary miniseries about science that aired on NRK1 in 2010. The series, consisting of seven episodes, was created for NRK and presented by the comedian and sociologist Harald Eia.
The Mismeasure of Man
essay by Stephen Jay Gould
Samuel T. Francis
American journalist and writer (1947–2005)
hereditarianism
Hereditarianism is the research program according to which heredity plays a central role in determining human nature and character traits, such as intelligence and personality. Hereditarians believe in the power of genetic influences to explain human behavior and solve human social-political problems. They stress the value of evolutionary explanations in all areas of the human sciences.
Intelligence
peer-reviewed academic journal of psychology
An Investigation of Global Policy with the Yamato Race as Nucleus
1943 secret report by the Ministry of Health and Welfare's Population Problems Research Center for the Japanese government about race theory, rationale behind racial policy in wartime Japan, and future Asia under Japanese control
Mankind Quarterly
pseudoscientific journal
Mainstream Science on Intelligence
statement published in the Wall Street Journal
American Renaissance
American white supremacist magazine
A Troublesome Inheritance
book by Nicholas Wade
Pioneer Fund
US nonprofit foundation for social sciences
Race, Evolution, and Behavior
essay by J. Philippe Rushton
nations and IQ
area of study