Re: [tips] What Is Wrong With Harvard?

2013-05-30 Thread John Kulig
. Professor of Psychology Coordinator, Psychology Honors Plymouth State University Plymouth NH 03264 == - Original Message - From: Christopher Green To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Sent: Wed, 29 May 2013 15:41:04 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [tips] What Is W

Re: [tips] What Is Wrong With Harvard?

2013-05-29 Thread Christopher Green
I was once told (though I have not confirmed it myself) that "wealth" is one of the most highly heritable variables of American individuals, using the statistical heritability index as a measure. Comment? Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P

RE: [tips] What Is Wrong With Harvard?

2013-05-29 Thread David Epstein
One of the first things I looked for in Richwine dissertation--and it wasn't there--was any mention of this paper by Eric Turkheimer about the "heritability" of IQ: |"...the proportions of IQ variance attributable to genes and |environment vary non

Re: [tips] What Is Wrong With Harvard?

2013-05-29 Thread Paul Brandon
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: Re: [tips] What Is Wrong With Harvard? > > And of course one might be more accurate by substituting 'scores on IQ tests' > for 'IQ' or 'intelligence'. > And heritability is not a genetic mea

RE: [tips] What Is Wrong With Harvard?

2013-05-29 Thread Lilienfeld, Scott O
rytech.net] Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 2:28 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] What Is Wrong With Harvard? And of course one might be more accurate by substituting 'scores on IQ tests' for 'IQ' or 'intelligence'. And heritabil

Re: [tips] What Is Wrong With Harvard?

2013-05-29 Thread Paul Brandon
And of course one might be more accurate by substituting 'scores on IQ tests' for 'IQ' or 'intelligence'. And heritability is not a genetic measure, just a statement of the extent to which a measure is predictable from one generation to the next. On May 29, 2013, at 12:59 PM, John Kulig wrote:

Re: [tips] What Is Wrong With Harvard?

2013-05-29 Thread John Kulig
Hi Mike Yeah well, there is always a difference between (1) description of group differences and (2) explanation. Group differences in IQ (and/or g) exist. In one sense, what really matters is the effect size. In another sense, average performance differences do not matter; what _really_