The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life (149 page)

demographic transition and, 343-345

ethnicity and, 352-357

mother’s age and IQ and, 351-352, 354-355

number of children born and, 349-351, 353-354

Fertility policy, 548-549

Finch, Frank, 145

Fletcher, Ronald, 12

Fluid intelligence, 15

Flynn, James, 273, 307, 308, 348

Flynn effect, 307-309, 346-347, 391, 397, 422

Founding Fathers, 530-532

Frank, Robert, 42-43

Frequency distributions, 577-579

Galton, Sir Francis, 1-2, 26, 284

Garber, Howard, 408

Gardner, Howard, 18-19, 21, 22, 555, 558, 574, 661

Gates, Bill, 114

GED (General Educational Development), 147-148, 153-154, 372

Gender differences in IQ, 275

General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), 72-73, 504

General factor
(g)
of intelligence, 3-4, 557-562, 575

analysis of, 560

biological phenomenon, 560

challenges to, 14-15, 18

classicists and, 14, 15, 22-23

defined, 4

importance of, 561

job productivity and, 71, 75-79, 560

negation of, 558-559

“pseudoscience” of, 557-562

reaction time and, 283-284, 561

Spearman’s hypothesis, 301-303, 655, 660

Genetic factors in IQ, 23, 105-110, 295-311, 554, 555, 557, 562-566

controversy over, 8-12

demography of intelligence and:
see
Dysgenesis

estimation of, 105-108

Herrnstein’s syllogism and, 105, 108-110

role of genes in individuals and groups, 298-299

Spearman’s hypothesis and, 301-305

Ghiselli, Edwin, 72

Gillie, Oliver, 11

Goddard, H. H., 6, 241

Goldberger, Arthur, 571

Gordon, Robert, 338

Goring, Charles, 241

Gottfredson, Linda, 321

Gould, Stephen J., 12, 296, 555, 558-560, 561, 564, 569, 570

Graduate Record Examination (GRE), 457-458, 665-666

Griggs
v.
Duke Power
(1971), 70, 85, 482, 485, 486, 490, 491, 681-684, 687

Guilford, Joy, 15

Gustafsson, Jan-Eric, 304

Hacker, Andrew, 497-498, 555

Hamilton, Alexander, 531

Hartigan Committee, 74-75, 85, 484

Harvard University, 28-29, 38, 40, 41, 43, 66, 451-454

Haverman, Robert, 555

Head Start, 403-404, 414-415, 434

Heath, Shirley Brice, 206-207

Heber, Richard, 408

Heckman, James, 147-148, 151, 485, 570

Heritability of IQ:
see
Genetic factors in IQ

Herrnstein, Richard, 10, 553

Herrnstein’s syllogism, 105, 108-110

Higham, John, 358

High School and Beyond survey, 183-184

High school dropouts:
see
School dropouts

High school graduates

divorce probability and, 175-176

dropouts compared with, 148-150

ethnic differences and, 319

fertility of, 349, 350

GED graduates compared with, 150-151

illegitimacy and, 184

income of, 94, 95

low-birth-weight infants and, 217

marriage probability and, 172

median overlap with college graduates, 48-49

parenting and

cognitive outcomes, 232

developmental problems, 229

home environment for child development, 225, 571

poverty throughout childhood, 220

poverty and, 136-137, 220

probability of college enrollment by, 32-35

unemployment among, 164-165

welfare dependency and, 196-197, 198-199

Hindelang, Michael, 242

Hiring decisions:
see
Affirmative action;Job productivity

Hirsch, Jerry, 9-10

Hirschi, Travis, 242

Hobbes, Thomas, 528-529

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 5

Home environment for child development, 220-225

adoption and, 410-413, 415-416

cognitive outcomes and, 232

educational attainment and, 225

ethnic differences in, 334, 336

low-cognitive-ability prevalence and, 381-381

poverty and, 223-224

socioeconomic status and, 222-223

welfare and, 223-224

Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) index, 220-225, 232, 381-382, 571

Homogamy, 111-113

Humphrey, Hubert, 500, 683

Hunt, Earl B., 16

Hunter, John, 71-73, 85

Hunter, Ronda, 85

Idiot savants, 22

Illegitimacy, 177-190

broken homes and, 184-186

developmental problems and, 229-230

educational attainment and, 184

ethnic differences in, 330-331

family structure and, 184-186, 571-572

IQ and, 179, 181, 200-201, 567

low IQ prevalence and, 386-389, 568

poverty and, 186-190

as precursor of child maltreatment, 210

socioeconomic status and, 182-183, 186, 188-189

trends in, 178-179

welfare and, 186-190

Illiteracy, 420, 436

Immigration, 5, 6, 342, 343, 356-364

ethnicity and IQ as they apply to, 359-360

policy and, 549

self-selection and, 361-364

trend in, 356-358

Immigration Restriction Act of 1924, 6, 343

Income, 93-101

black, affirmative action and, 485-486

educational attainment and, 94-98

elite college attendance and, 41

ethnic differences in, 322-327

growth of affluent class and, 515-517

high school achievement and, 438

IQ and, 93-94, 98-100, 567, 571

occupational stratfication and, 97, 98, 100-101

redistribution issues, 547-548

residual characteristics of workers and, 96-98

Independent variable, 122

Infants

illegitimate:
see
Illegitimacy

low-birth-weight:
see
Low-Birth-weight infants maternal IQ and well-being of, 213-218

mortality, 217-218

motor and social development in, 226, 383

temperament in, 226, 383

Intelligence:
See also
IQ

brain size and, 564

concept of, 1

definitions of, 4, 557-558

general factor
(g)
of:
see
General factor
(g)
of intelligence

as information processing, 15-17

structures of, 14-15

theory of multiple, 17-21

triarchic theory of, 17

Iowa Test of Educational Development (ITED), 423, 424

IQ;
See also
Intelligence

affirmative action and:
see
Affirmative action, 98-100

behaviorists and, 8-9

classical tradition, 23

controversies over, 4-13, 572, 573

development of concept, 4

dysgenesis and:
see
Dysgenesis

education and, 568, 571

environmental factors in, 8-9, 106, 108, 298-299, 303-307, 309-315, 342, 410, 554, 572

ethnic differences in:
see
Ethnic differences

heritability of:
see
Genetic factors in IQ

importance of, 21-22, 572

low:
see
Low cognitive ability

raising, 388-416, 572, 573, 574

adoption and, 410-413, 415-416

education and, 393-402, 414

nutrition and, 391-393, 414

policy agenda for, 413-416, 572

pre-school programs, 403-410, 414-415, 572, 573, 574

stability over life span of, 129

stratification by:
see
Cognitive classes and social behavior; Cognitive elite

Jefferson, Thomas, 530-531

Jencks, Christopher, 53, 555

Jensen, Arthur, 9-10, 13, 15, 283-284, 302-304, 308, 561

Jewish and gentile differences in IQ, 275

Job productivity, 63-89

affirmative action and, 492-498

contemporary evidence on test scores as predictors of, 70-71

economic costs of not testing and, 85-87

economic value of IQ and, 65, 82-86, 88, 560

experience vs. IQ and, 79-80

high school performance and, 439

measurement of, 72

meta-analysis and, 71-73

specific skills vs. general factor
g
and, 75-79

test scores compared with other predictors of, 81-82, 562

test validity and, 72-75, 81, 84, 85, 682, 684, 685

Joynson, Robert, 12

Jungeblut, Ann, 401

Kael, Pauline, 513

Kamin, Leon, 11, 304, 311, 555, 564, 565, 566, 568, 571

Katz, Lawrence, 94

Kaufman Assessment Battery of Children (K-ABC), 290

Kaus, Mickey, 512

Kinsey Report, 553

Klitgaard, Robert, 459

Kohn, Melvin, 205-206

Labor force participation, 157-162

by cognitive class, 158

defined, 157

educational attainment and, 160, 161

ethnic differences in, 327-328

low-IQ prevalence and, 373-374

socioeconomic status and, 158, 158-160

Lane, Charles, 564, 565, 566

Latino(s)

affirmative action and, 451-458, 472, 503

AFQT scores, 667-668

cognitive outcomes for children, 337-338

crime and, 338, 339

developmental outcomes for children, 336

differences in IQ with non-Latino whites, 275, 643-644

educational attainment of, 319-320

fertility in, 353-354

foreign-born, 668

home environment for children, 334, 336

illegitimacy and, 330-331

immigrants, 358-360, 362

income of, 322, 323

IQ scores, 668

language, 667-668

low-birth-weight infants of, 326, 332-333, 334

marriage rates of, 329, 330

in Middle-Class Values Index, 339-340

NLSY, 668

occupational status of, 320-322

poverty of children, 333-334

unemployment of, 327, 328

U.S.-born, 668

welfare dependency of, 331-332

Law school, affirmative action and, 455-456

Law School Aptitude Test (LSAT), 450, 455-456, 657-658

Lazar, Irving, 405

Ledeen, Michael, 553

Lewontin, Richard, 304

Lindzey, G., 310

Lippmann, Walter, 5, 17-18

L.L. Thurstone Psychometric Laboratory, 559

Locke, John, 529-530

Locurto, Charles, 408, 411

Loehlin, J. C., 310

Logistic regression analysis, 122-126, 570, 591, 617-647, 669-677

Low-birth-weight infants

child maltreatment and, 210

ethnic differences in, 332, 333

low-IQ prevalence and, 381-382, 573