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@article{citeulike:76435, abstract = {In this article, the authors argue that the overwhelming portion of the literature on intelligence, race, and genetics is based on folk taxonomies rather than scientific analysis. They suggest that because theorists of intelligence disagree as to what it is, any consideration of its relationships to other constructs must be tentative at best. They further argue that race is a social construction with no scientific definition. Thus, studies of the relationship between race and other constructs may serve social ends but cannot serve scientific ends. No gene has yet been conclusively linked to intelligence, so attempts to provide a compelling genetic link of race to intelligence are not feasible at this time. The authors also show that heritability, a behaviorgenetic concept, is inadequate in regard to providing such a link. ((c) 2005 APA, all rights reserved).}, address = {PACE Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, US. robert.sternberg@yale.edu.}, author = {Sternberg, R. J. and Grigorenko, E. L. and Kidd, K. K.}, citeulike-article-id = {76435}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.60.1.46}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15641921}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=15641921}, doi = {10.1037/0003-066X.60.1.46}, issn = {0003-066X}, journal = {Am Psychol}, keywords = {intelligence, race}, month = {January}, number = {1}, pages = {46--59}, posted-at = {2005-01-12 20:01:51}, priority = {2}, title = {Intelligence, race, and genetics.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.60.1.46}, volume = {60}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:76435 L3 - citeulike-article-id:76435 N2 - In this article, the authors argue that the overwhelming portion of the literature on intelligence, race, and genetics is based on folk taxonomies rather than scientific analysis. They suggest that because theorists of intelligence disagree as to what it is, any consideration of its relationships to other constructs must be tentative at best. They further argue that race is a social construction with no scientific definition. Thus, studies of the relationship between race and other constructs may serve social ends but cannot serve scientific ends. No gene has yet been conclusively linked to intelligence, so attempts to provide a compelling genetic link of race to intelligence are not feasible at this time. The authors also show that heritability, a behaviorgenetic concept, is inadequate in regard to providing such a link. ((c) 2005 APA, all rights reserved). IS - 1 JF - Am Psychol SN - 0003-066X AD - PACE Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, US. robert.sternberg@yale.edu. EP - 59 TI - Intelligence, race, and genetics. VL - 60 SP - 46 KW - intelligence KW - race AU - Sternberg, RJ AU - Grigorenko, EL AU - Kidd, KK PY - 2005/01// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.60.1.46 ER -