Does anyone know any European studies into race and IQ?

Question

As all I can find are American studies. A comparison of the different countries would help to see if the racial IQ gap is nature or nurture.

Seryan, most psychologists think that IQ does vary with race. The Jews and Japanese score highest. Theres a raging argument at the moment over just why it does. Lets just say the nurture aguments are better funded because they are PC. However, the studies that have nurture as the major winner only deal with children, as IQ becomes more related to your genes as you age. Childrens IQ is very malleable, there can be a lot of difference between adult and childhood scores.

Answer 1

The standard test (GCSE and A-level) results are usually broken down into ethnic groups. You can usually search for them on the UCAS website and the BBC. Obviously this is only for UK though.

example:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4762086.stm

Answer 2

There is a famous study by an Englishman, I'm sorry the name just escapes me.

It was during the 1920s or 30s. His study measured the number of lead shot that could fit into a human skull. He concluded that people with smaller skulls were not as intelligent as those with bigger ones.

Women, who's skull is a bit smaller, than males, showed up as inferior in I.Q. So did some tribes in Africa.

You should be able to to a Google this and find it.

Since that man's study, scientists have learned that I.Q. (read the first few chapters of Aldus Huxley's "Brave New World) is determined by nutrition, heat and radiation administered to the fetus and has nothing to do with race.

However, some racial groups who do not have quality nutrition before birth suffer in I.Q.as a result.

Answer 3

Yes--he was a professor at UC Berkeley in the '55's. But I know his data was skewed and showed the lack of opportunity of people of color in the States at that time.

Answer 4

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