Review of Intelligence and cultural differences

Abstract

Reviews the book "Intelligence and cultural differences" by Kenneth Eells, Allison Davis, Robert J. Havighurst, Vergil E. Herrick, and Ralph Tyler (see record 1953-05738-000 ). This volume is presented as "the first part of an extended study of cultural learning as it bears upon the solution of problems in mental tests." It is a phase of the research program of the Committee on Human Development of the University of Chicago. Part III, "A Report of the Field Study," is drawn from Bella's doctoral dissertation. Part II, also prepared by Eells, is a summary and discussion of his dissertation findings. Part I includes five review or discussional chapters, three of which are revisions of earlier journal publications, by the remaining co-authors listed above. In the study here reviewed, status, from which flow cultural differences in experience and exposure, is considered as determinant of responses to the specific items of intelligence tests. Because such tests are widely used in the managerial aspects of our society, the authors are concerned lest possible cultural bias give spuriously low scores to children from low status levels. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)