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
Publisher: Erlbaum
Year: 1991
Language: English
Pages: 184
City: Hillsdale, NJ
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
