HOW HERITABILITY MISLEADS ABOUT RACE

Authors
BLOCK N
Citation
N. Block, HOW HERITABILITY MISLEADS ABOUT RACE, Cognition, 56(2), 1995, pp. 99-128
Citations number
52
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Experimental
Journal title
Cognition → ACNP
ISSN journal
00100277
Volume
56
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
99 - 128
Database
ISI
SICI code
0010-0277(1995)56:2<99:HHMAR>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The Bell Curve revives and elaborates an argument given by Jensen to t he effect that facts about heritability of IQ in whites dictate that b lacks are genetically inferior in IQ. But clarification of the concept of heritability shows that this reasoning is fallacious. Heritability is an uninteresting measure that only misleads us about race.