According to present knowledge there is no proof that the groups of mankind differ in their innate mental characteristics, whether in respect of intelligence or temperament. The scientific evidence indicates that the range of mental capacities in all... Race: John Howard and the Remaking of Australia - Page 6by Andrew Markus - 2001 - 270 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| United States. Congress. House. Education and Labor - 1963 - 86 pages
...justified by saying that minority groups lack the ability for courses other than vocational courses. "According to present knowledge, there is no proof...innate mental characteristics, whether in respect to intelligence or temperament. The scientific evidence indicates that the range of mental capacities... | |
| George W. Stocking - Social Science - 1990 - 280 pages
...panels of scientists organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization: "There is no proof that the groups of mankind differ in their innate mental characteristics" (UNESCO 1952:93). This strong sense of scientific consensus is reflected in the historiography of the... | |
| Donald H. Saklofske, Moshe Zeidner - Psychology - 1995 - 788 pages
...statement issued by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; 1951): "According to present knowledge, there is no proof...scientific evidence indicates that the range of mental capabilities in all ethnic groups is much the same." The environmentalist consensus was broken by Jensen... | |
| Pauli Murray - Law - 1997 - 778 pages
...anthropologists can effectively use as a basis for classifications are physical and physiological. (2) According to present knowledge there is no proof that...capacities in all ethnic groups is much the same. (3) Historical and sociological studies support the view that genetic di^rences are not of importance... | |
| Morton M. Hunt - Social Science - 418 pages
...from the standpoint of social acceptance and social action. The unity of mankind is the main thing.... According to present knowledge, there is no proof...innate mental characteristics, whether in respect to intelligence or temperament. The scientific evidence indicates that the range of mental capacities... | |
| Ashley Montagu - Political Science - 1999 - 340 pages
...not so much a biological phenomenon as a social myth. According to present knowledge, there is not proof that the groups of mankind differ in their innate mental characteristics, whether in respect to intelligence or temperament."11 Three individuals assumed primary authorship of the first statement... | |
| Peter Mandler - History - 2006 - 372 pages
...been favoured by Haddon, Huxley and Montagu. What made this statement controversial was its assertion that 'the range of mental capacities in all ethnic groups is much the same' and that cooperation between ethnic groups was as much a feature of human experience as competition... | |
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