STUDY GUIDE FOR “THE BELL CURVE THESIS” by Herrnstein and Murray and a response by Fischer, et al.
 

1)What is “the bell curve thesis”?
 
 
 

2)According to Herrnstein and Murray, how does IQ affect occupation and income?
 
 
 
 
 

3)How does the cognitive elite become separate from everyone else?
 
 
 
 
 
 

4)According to Herrnstein and Murray, how does the cognitive elite become intergenerational?
 
 
 
 
 

CRITICAL RESPONSE BY Claude Fischer, et al.
 
 

1)What is the problem with using the AFQT as the measure of intelligence?
 
 
 

HOW WOULD KARL MARX CRITICALLY RESPOND TO THE “BELL CURVE THESIS?”

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