From Evolution to Larry P., or What Shall We Do about IQ Tests?.

Scarr, Sandra

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ERIC Number: EJ198917

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1978-Oct

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From Evolution to Larry P., or What Shall We Do about IQ Tests?

Scarr, Sandra

Intelligence, v2 n4 p325-42 Oct 1978

IQ tests and intelligence were discussed from an evolutionary perspective and implications concerning legal decisions and social policy were presented. It was concluded that disproportionate social and economic benefits need not result from the use of IQ tests in the selection of educational and occupational elites. (RD)

Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Culture Fair Tests, Editorials, Intelligence, Intelligence Differences, Intelligence Tests, Nature Nurture Controversy, Racial Differences, Social Differences, Testing Problems

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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