Monoglottosis: What's wrong with the idea of the IQ meritocracy and it racy cousins?  

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Oller, John W. (Jr.)

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Applied Linguistics (Full Text) vol. 18 no. 4 (Dec. 1997), page 467-507.
Fulltext: Vol 18, 4, p 467-507.pdf (1.79MB)

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For about 100 years, certain enthusiasts have claimed that IQ tests measure innate intelligence (Binet and Simon 1905; Brigham 1923; Eysenck 1971; Herrnstein 1973; Herrnstein and Murray 1994; Jensen 1969, 1980, 1984, 1995; Lynn 1978, 1979) and show racial differences. These ideas have roots in 'social Darwinism' (Darwin 1874) and the eugenics movement (Galton 1869)-the aim to 'purify' the gene pool. Linked to these racy theories are the overrepresentation of minority language children in classes for the mentally retarded, language disordered, etc., and their under-representation in classes for the gifted (Ortiz and Yates 1983; Oakland and Parmelee 1985). In opposition to the IQ elitists, others have claimed that the data are misconstrued (Figueroa 1989; Fraser 1995; Gould 1981, 1995; Isham and Kamin 1993; Jacoby and Glauberman 1995; Macnamara 1966, 1972; Mercer 1973, 1984; Valdes and Figueroa 1994) or perhaps irrelevant (Gardner 1983, 1993, 1995). While the research of Herrnstein, Murray, and Jensen (not to mention Carroll 1993, 1995; Sternberg 1996; and others) cannot be ignored, it can be shown that the IQ enthusiasts have largely discounted acquired language/dialect proficiency as a factor in their tests (Oller and Perkins 1978; Oller 1978; Oller, Chesarek, and Scott 1991; Oller and Jonz 1994). Monoglottosis, near total language/dialect blindness, is partly to blame. This condition accounts for Herrnstein's 'meritocracy' theory that intellectual cream rises to the top. But do IQ tests measure 'innate' intelligence? It is shown here empirically and theoretically that even 'nonverbal' IQ tests mainly measure powers of reasoning accessed through the primary language of the test-takers and that 'verbal' IQ scores assess proficiency in the language of the tests. The IQ literature needs to be reconceptualized.

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