On the high intelligence and cognitive achievements of Jews in Britain

Lynn, Richard; Longley, David

doi:10.1016/j.intell.2006.03.011

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“…There is little good evidence about just what IQ levels are typical for Ashkenazi Jews. (There is even less evidence available for Sephardic Jews, and in the rest of this section “Jews” should be taken to mean “Ashkenazi Jews of European descent.”) Jewish IQs have been variously estimated to be 7–15 points higher than those of White non-Jews in Britain and America (Flynn, 1991; Lynn, 2004, 2006). All available studies, however, are based on samples of convenience.…”

Section: Group Differences In Iqmentioning

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Intelligence: New findings and theoretical developments.

Nisbett¹,

Aronson²,

Blair³

et al. 2012

American Psychologist

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We review new findings and new theoretical developments in the field of intelligence. New findings include the following: (a) Heritability of IQ varies significantly by social class. (b) Almost no genetic polymorphisms have been discovered that are consistently associated with variation in IQ in the normal range. (c) Much has been learned about the biological underpinnings of intelligence. (d) "Crystallized" and "fluid" IQ are quite different aspects of intelligence at both the behavioral and biological levels. (e) The importance of the environment for IQ is established by the 12-point to 18-point increase in IQ when children are adopted from working-class to middle-class homes. (f) Even when improvements in IQ produced by the most effective early childhood interventions fail to persist, there can be very marked effects on academic achievement and life outcomes. (g) In most developed countries studied, gains on IQ tests have continued, and they are beginning in the developing world. (h) Sex differences in aspects of intelligence are due partly to identifiable biological factors and partly to socialization factors. (i) The IQ gap between Blacks and Whites has been reduced by 0.33 SD in recent years. We report theorizing concerning (a) the relationship between working memory and intelligence, (b) the apparent contradiction between strong heritability effects on IQ and strong secular effects on IQ, (c) whether a general intelligence factor could arise from initially largely independent cognitive skills, (d) the relation between self-regulation and cognitive skills, and (e) the effects of stress on intelligence.

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Section: Group Differences In Iqmentioning

confidence: 99%

Intelligence: New findings and theoretical developments.

Nisbett¹,

Aronson²,

Blair³

et al. 2012

American Psychologist

792

556

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“…Let me take this a step further and give a poignant example. Leaving aside my own judgement of the issue, there is little doubt that there is a substantial body of evidence suggesting that the intelligence of Jews is higher than that of other peoples (Lynn and Kanazawa, 2008;Lynn, 2004;Lynn and Longley, 2006). Whether this be correct or not, if it is, does that mean that the swathe of individuals who presently argue that there is no difference in intelligence across different races, and who consider themselves not merely not racist but rather anti-racist, are actually racist themselves, falsely lowering the intellectual virtue of the Jewish community?…”

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The Making of a Discriminatory Ism

Arandjelović¹

2023

Preprint

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Purpose: The millennia long struggles of various oppressed groups have over time illuminated widespread social injustices, organically leading to the recognition of yet further injustices captured by the umbrella of discriminatory isms, such as racism, sexism, classism, ableism, anti-Semitism, ageism, heterosexism, and many others. In recent years, the debate has become increasingly fierce, polarized, and even physically violent.Approach: One of the premises of the present work is that in part, the aforementioned unconstructive behaviours are a result of the different understandings of what constitutes an ism and the lack of a thoughtful consideration of this issue in the mainstream social debate as much as in the academic literature.Findings: I present evidence for this, and critique the dominant lines of thought in this realm showing them all to fall short of both the fundamental philosophical as well practical desiderata in how isms ought to be understood.Originality: I propose an alternative which does not suffer from the same weakness: one based on the denial of equivalence of sentience. I show how the adoption of this understanding leads to constructive ways of addressing isms effected injustice.

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“…Let us look at Table 1 Israeli Jews has won only ~3.7% of Nobel Prizes in science and literature, though more than 43% of the Jewish world population lives in Israel; that is about 12 times less than should have been expected. One of the main arguments explaining the high rate of Jews winning major prizes is the high IQ of Ashkenazi Jews, estimated as 107-115 (Cochran et al, 2006;David & Lynn, 2007;Lynn, 2004;Lynn & Longley, 2006). Had the origin played such a substantial part in high achievements among Jews elsewhere, it could have explained, at least partially, the relatively low rate of prize winning among Jewish Israelis, consisting both Europeans and Sephardim.…”

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“…Whether this has mainly been due to their high IQ (e.g. David & Lynn, 2007;Lynn, 2004;Lynn & Longley, 2006) or because of educational, financial, traditional or any combination of these components (Cochran et al, 2006) is not in the scope of this work. Here we shall explore the fact that while the tendency of receiving high-prestige prizes among Jews from Europe and from America, Jews from Ashkenazi as well as from Sephardi origin, Jews living in democracies and in non-democratic -especially communist countries has been steady until 2010, Israeli Jews have been the exception.…”

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The Overview of Gifted Education in Israel in Terms of Rate of Receiving International Prizes Israelis and Jews Living Elsewhere

Hine¹

2013

JEYSG

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One of the indicators about countries' quality of education is receiving the international prizes e.g. The Nobel Prize, The Fields Medal, The Turing Award, The IJCAI -Computers and Thought Award, and the Award for Research Excellence according to international criterions. In this study the comparison of prizes that Israelis and Jewish living elsewhere Israel has been examined in terms of population of the country where they live, the number of prizes. It is clear that the numbers of prizes that Jewish living elsewhere has won are high in comparison to living in Israel. In this situation, enrichment programs for gifted children practiced for 40 years in Israel should be check out in terms of international criteria.

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On the high intelligence and cognitive achievements of Jews in Britain

Cited by 15 publications

References 12 publications

Intelligence: New findings and theoretical developments.

Intelligence: New findings and theoretical developments.

The Making of a Discriminatory Ism

The Overview of Gifted Education in Israel in Terms of Rate of Receiving International Prizes Israelis and Jews Living Elsewhere

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