Bell Curve：Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life

图书标准信息

• 作者 Richard J.、Charles Murray 著
• 出版社 Simon & Schuster US
• 出版时间 1996-01
• ISBN 9780684824291
• 定价 170.80元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 896页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Theabilitytomanipulateinformationhasbecomethesinglemostimportantelementofsuccess.Highintelligenceisanincreasinglypreciousrawmaterial.Butdespitedecadesoffashionabledenial,theoverridingandinsistenttruthaboutintellectualabilityisthatitisendowedunequally.Inthisaudiopresentationof"TheBellCurve,"authorCharlesMurrayexploresthewaysthatlowintelligence,independentofsocial,economic,orethnicbackground,liesattherootofmanyofoursocialproblems.Healsodiscussesanothertaboosubject:thatintelligencelevelsdifferamongethnicgroups.Accordingtotheauthors,onlybyfacinguptothesedifferencescanweaccuratelyassessthenation'sproblemsandmakerealisticplanstoaddressthem.However,ifweacceptthatthereareintelligencedifferencesamonggroups,wemustlearntoavoidprejudicialassumptionsaboutanyindividualofagivengroupwhoseintelligencelevelmaybeanywhereunderthebellcurve.

【作者简介】

RichardJ.HerrnsteinheldtheEdgerPierceChairinPsychologyatHarvardUniversityuntilhisdeathin1994.