Arthur Jensen's interpretations asserting racial differences in IQ and cognitive ability caused an intense response in a nation dealing with the effects of racism. He also made a number of racist statements indicating his belief that many Black people were not "educable up to a level for which there’s any economic demand" (Taylor, 1992).

Controversy over Jensen's Work on Cognitive Ability

Arthur Jensen asserted that intelligence is inherited in nature and that IQ tests are the truest measure of intelligence.

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Early efforts to measure intelligence began in the late 1800s and evolved into reliable testing practices by the early 1900s.

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Spielman, R. M., Jenkins, W. J., & Lovett, M. D. (2020, April 22). Psychology (2nd ed.). OpenStax. https://openstax.org/books/psychology-2e/pages/1-introduction

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