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.
Author(s): James R. Flynn
Edition: 1
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum
Year: 1991
Language: English
Pages: 169
City: Hillsdale, NewJersey
Tags: Asian Americans, Intelligence levels, Chinese Americans, Intelligence levels, Cross-cultural studies, United States, Japanese Americans
1
THE ICE AGES
AND THE SINO-JAPANESE BRAIN
Lynn and Evolution 2
The Viability of Environmentalism 7
The American Natural Aristocracy
12
Vernon and Chinese IQ 14
Organization and Contents
15
1
2
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
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CONTENTS
3
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
4
MEASURING
THE
GAP
BETWEEN
IQ AND ACHIEVEMENT
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
61
5
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
100
CONTENTS —
ix
6
THE PROBABLE
AND THE TENTATIVE
102
Population Mean IQs
102
The Classification of Tests 109
1Q/Occupational Achievement Gaps 110
The Threshold and Capitalization Factors 110
The Limits of the Tentative 111
7
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
8
EPILOGUE
SETTING
THE
RECORD STRAIGHT
140
APPENDIX
A
142
APPENDIX
B_
144
References
147
Author
Index
156
Subject Index
160
