Race, Social Class, and Individual Differences in I.Q.

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- Preface 1. Part I: "Genetics And Intelligence" 1.1. "Genetics and the Development of Intelligence" 1.2. "Unknowns in the IQ Equation" 1.3. "An Evolutionary Perspective on Infant Intelligence: Species Patterns and Individual Variations" 2. Part II: Race And IQ 2.1. "IQ Test Performance of Black Children Adopted by White Families" -- "Comments and Replies", John Werner, David Lane, Ajit Mohanty, Robert C. Nichols, Quinn McNemar, Sandra Scarr, Richard A. Weinberg, Chester W. Oden, Jr. and W. Scott MacDonald 2.2. "Absence of a Relationship between Degree of White Ancestry and Intellectual Skills within a Black Population" -- "Comments and Replies", Brandon S. Centerwall, Sandra Scarr, A. J. Pakstis, S. H. Katz, and W. B. Barker 2.3. "Race, Social Class, and IQ" -- "Comments and Replies", Robyn M. Dawes, Lee Willerman, N. O. Calloway, Ruth Hubbard, William T. Powers, H. J. Eysenck, David W. Shucard, Sandra Scarr-Salapatek, Gordon Allen, Karen D. Pettigrew, L. Erlenmeyer-Kimling, Samuel E. Stern, L. J. Eaves, J. L. Links, M. Schwartz, J. Schwartz and T. Dobzhansky 2.4. "The Effects of Family Background: A Study of Cognitive Differences Among Black and White Twins" 3. "Part III: Social Class And Individual Variation" 3.1. "Intellectual Similarities within Families of Both Adopted and Biological Children" -- "Comments and Replies", Robert Plomin, Sandra Scarr and Richard A. Weinberg 3.2. "The Influence of 'Family Background' on Intellectual Attainment" -- "Comments and Replies", Marcia Whicker Taylor, Sandra Scarr and Richard A. Weinberg 3.3 "The Transmission of Authoritarianism in Families: Genetic Resemblance in Social-Political Attitudes?" 4. Part IV: "Conclusions And Implications" 4.1. "Testing Minority Children: Why, How, and with What Effects?" 4.2. "From Evolution to Larry P., or What Shall We Do About IQ Tests?" 5. Part V: "Commentaries" 5.1. "Commentary", Leon J. Kamin 5.2. "Obstacles, Problems, and Pitfalls in Differential Psychology", Arthur R. Jensen -- "A Reply to Some of Professor Jensen's Commentary", Sandra Scarr 5.3. "Having the Last Word", Sandra Scarr - Author Index - Subject Index