Book contents
- In the Know
- In the Know
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Introduction
- Section 1 The Nature of Intelligence
- Section 2 Measuring Intelligence
- Section 3 Influences on Intelligence
- Section 4 Intelligence and Education
- Section 5 Life Consequences of Intelligence
- Section 6 Demographic Group Differences
- Section 7 Societal and Ethical Issues
- 31 Controversial or Unpopular Ideas Should Be Held to a Higher Standard of Evidence
- 32 Past Controversies Taint Modern Research on Intelligence
- 33 Intelligence Research Leads to Negative Social Policies
- 34 Intelligence Research Undermines the Fight against Inequality
- 35 Everyone Is About as Smart as I Am
- Conclusion
- References
- Index
32 - Past Controversies Taint Modern Research on Intelligence
from Section 7 - Societal and Ethical Issues
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 October 2020
- In the Know
- In the Know
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Introduction
- Section 1 The Nature of Intelligence
- Section 2 Measuring Intelligence
- Section 3 Influences on Intelligence
- Section 4 Intelligence and Education
- Section 5 Life Consequences of Intelligence
- Section 6 Demographic Group Differences
- Section 7 Societal and Ethical Issues
- 31 Controversial or Unpopular Ideas Should Be Held to a Higher Standard of Evidence
- 32 Past Controversies Taint Modern Research on Intelligence
- 33 Intelligence Research Leads to Negative Social Policies
- 34 Intelligence Research Undermines the Fight against Inequality
- 35 Everyone Is About as Smart as I Am
- Conclusion
- References
- Index
Summary
Anyone advocating for the SAT as a tool of educational justice cannot ignore the test’s detestable past. The SAT was created by Carl Campbell Brigham … At the time, Brigham was an enthusiastic eugenicist who believed that intelligence was genetic and that different races and ethnicities were biologically more intelligent than others … But while the SAT has tried to break from its eugenic roots, it still serves the same purpose across time and ideology: to sort human populations deeming high-scorers as valued and deserving of opportunity, and by deeming low-scorers as unvalued and undeserving of opportunity. This is as true of the SAT now as it was almost a hundred years go.
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- In the KnowDebunking 35 Myths about Human Intelligence, pp. 296 - 308Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020