Asian Americans : achievement beyond IQ

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This authoritative book shows how the gap between a group's mean IQ and achievement can be precisely measured, and then partitioned between two factors -- an important methodology with potential application for all ethnic groups. In this case, the author shows that Chinese Americans' occupational achievements are generally far beyond their IQ -- as if they had a mean IQ 21 points higher than they actually do. This unique approach to explaining group achievement emphasizes non-IQ factors such as historical origins, family, work ethic, educational tradition, personality traits, and social institutions. ICE AGES AND THE SINO-JAPANESE BRAIN 1 Lynn and Evolution 2 The Viability of Environmentalism 7 The American Natural Aristocracy 12 Vernon and Chinese IQ 14 Organization and Contents 15 THE THREE GREAT NATIONAL SURVEYS 16 Exclusion and Relocation: 1918-1949 17 Early Studies 17 Honolulu 1938 18 Wyoming 1943-1945 20 Acculturation and Progress: 1950-1971 22 The Coleman Report 22 Project Talent 25 The Ethnic Minorities Research Project 28 Summary 31 ELEVEN STUDIES FROM VARIOUS LOCALES 32 Kauai Island 1965-1966 32 Berkeley, The University 1966 34 Berkeley , The Schools 1968 37 Los Angeles 1969-1970 40 Hawaii 1960 43 The Chinese in Transition: 1972-1975 46 San Francisco 1972 48 San Francisco 1975 49 The New Asians: 1976-1985 52 A Western City 1977 53 Psychology Classes 1975-1979 55 Westown 1985 57 Summary 60 MEASURING THE GAP BETWEEN IQ AND ACHIEVEMENT 61 Ranking IQ Studies 61 Chinese and Japanese IQ 62 Chinese Versus Japanese IQ 65 IQ and Occupation 66 IQ and Income 73 The IQ/Achievement Gap 77 THE TWO FACTORS OF OVERACHIEVEMENT 78 Occupation Revisited 79 Achievement Tests 81 The Scholastic Aptitude Test 84 The National Longitudinal Study 87 Graduate Tests 88 University Entrance and Grades 92 Academic Success and Failure 95 The Class of 1966 98 Hypotheses and Evidence THE PROBABLE AND THE TENTATIVE 102 Population Mean IQs 102 The Classification of Tests 109 IQ/Occupational Achievement Gaps 110 The Threshold and Capitalization Factors 110 The Limits of the Tentative 111 BEYOND GENES AND IQ 112 IQ and Sino-Japanese Genes 112 IQ and Group Achievement 115 Explaining Group Achievement 125 The History of Three Groups 138 EPILOGUE: SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT 140 APPENDIX A 142 APPENDIX B 144 References 147 Author Index 156 Subject Index 160