Why is the meritocracy-based explanation of the difference in IQ scores among pe

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Why is the meritocracy-based explanation of the difference in IQ scores among people of different racial groups offered by Herrnstein and Murray a poor explanation of why such differences exist? There have been no successful replications of the research that has o demonstrated these lQ score differences, so the conclusions that Herrnstein and Murray have made are generally unsupported by the existing data. The meritocracy argument ignores practically all of the research that illustrates the genetic influences on intelligence Differences in intelligence scores may be a result of social class and O cultural factors rather than an indication of true genetically based differences in intelligence. The research that was conducted was done using naturalistio o observation; there was not enough control present in the data collection to warrant a conclusion based on meritocracy such as the one that Herrnstein and Murray forwarded. Next Question

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In their book " The Bell Curve" Hernstein and Murray points out that intelligence difference between different racial groups is largely genetic than environmental (socio-cultural). They ignored all the evidences of genetic study regarding,the role of genetics in racial identity in their argument. This made their claim regarding meritocracy based explanation for IQ weak.

Answer. Option 2. The meritocracy argument ignores practically all of the research that illustrates the genetic influences on intelligence.

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