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Résumé
Cette critique appartient à une série de trois articles de la section Forum sur le livre de Barnes (2016), Are They Rich Because They’re Smart? Elle comprend quatre parties consacrées respectivement aux commentaires de Barnes concernant The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life, à l’absence de biais culturel dans les tests d’intelligence (QI), à ses propos sur l’éducation et à une donnée ignorée par Barnes.
Abstract
This critique is one of three book reviews of Barnes’ (2016) book, Are They Rich Because They’re Smart?, that appears in this issue’s MJE Forum. It is comprised of four parts respectively devoted to Barnes’ commentary regarding The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American, to the absence of cultural bias in intelligence tests (IQ), to his remarks on education, and to a fact ignored by Barnes.
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Note biographique
Serge Larivée est professeur à l’École de psychoéducation de l’Université de Montréal depuis 1977. Ses recherches portent sur les théories et les mesures relatives à l’intelligence ainsi que sur le fonctionnement de la science sous l’angle des fraudes scientifiques et des pseudosciences. Il a à son actif 350 publications.
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Biographical note
Serge Larivée is a professor at the École de psychoéducation at the Université de Montréal since 1977. His research focuses on intelligence theories and measures as well as on the workings of science in regards to scientific frauds and pseudoscience. He has written 350 publications.