Annotated Argument-The Belle Curve Essay - 6621 Words

Table of Contents nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; The Bell Curve Chapter 1 – â€Å"Cognitive Class and Education, 1900-1990 1)nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;It is not just the case that more people are going to college, but that the brighter students are the ones attending. 2)nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Admission became more related to I.Q. than in the past. 3)nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;There is a small part of the population that are expected to fill positions of power, yet they cannot relate to the majority of the population. Chapter 2 – â€Å"Cognitive Partitioning By Occupation 1)nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;The correlation between I.Q. and job status is high. 2)nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Family members typically resemble each†¦show more content†¦2)nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;People with lower IQ’s tend to get injured more often than those with high IQ’s. Chapter 8 – â€Å"Family Matters† 1)nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;People with low I.Q.’s tend to have lower marriage rates than those with higher I.Q.’s. 2)nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;The higher the I.Q., the lower the probability of divorce and/or illegitimacy. 3)nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Children of divorced parents have an elevated risk of getting divorced. 4)nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;The combination of poverty and welfare cause women to have illegitimate babies. Chapter 9 – â€Å"Welfare Dependency† 1)nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Women on welfare have less education than women not on welfare. 2)nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;White women with above-average cognitive ability or socioeconomic background rarely become welfare recipients. Chapter 10 – â€Å"Parenting† 1)nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Smart women are better mothers and provide a better environment for their children. 2)nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Middle-class parents are better parents than that of the working-class. 3)nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Mother’s I.Q. is strongly related to a child’s I.Q. (heredity). Chapter 11 – â€Å"Crime† nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; 1)nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;There is a link between cognitive ability