Arthur Jensen
Arthur Jensen | |
|---|---|
 Arthur Jensen, 2002 at ISIR | |
| Born | Arthur Robert Jensen August 24, 1923 San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Died | October 22, 2012 (aged 89) Kelseyville, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Columbia University San Diego State University University of California, Berkeley |
| Known for | Heritability of IQ, race and intelligence, g factor |
| Spouse | Barbara Jensen |
| Awards | Kistler Prize (2003), ISIR Lifetime Achievement Award (2006) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Educational psychology, intelligence, cognition, behavior genetics |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley, Editorial boards of Intelligence and Personality and Individual Differences |
| Thesis | (1956) |
| Doctoral advisor | Percival Symonds |
| Influences | Charles Spearman, Hans Eysenck |
Arthur Robert Jensen (August 24, 1923 – October 22, 2012) was an American psychologist and writer. He was a professor of educational psychology at the University of California, Berkeley.[1] Jensen was known for his work in psychometrics and differential psychology. He was the author of over 400 scientific papers published in refereed journals.[2] He sat on the editorial boards of the scientific journals Intelligence and Personality and Individual Differences.[3]
Jensen was controversial.[4] He said that race affected IQ.[5] A 2019 study found him to be the most controversial intelligence researcher.[6]
Jensen died on October 22, 2012 at his home in Kelseyville, California at age 89.[7]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Arthur Jensen" (PDF). Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-04-01. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
- ↑ "Collected works". Arthurjensen.net. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
- ↑ Intelligence[1] and Personality and Individual Differences[2] Archived 2002-10-28 at the Wayback Machine publisher's pages.
- ↑ Feldman, Marcus W.; Ramachandran, Sohini (12 February 2018). "Missing compared to what? Revisiting heritability, genes and culture". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 373 (1743): 20170064. doi:10.1098/rstb.2017.0064. PMC 5812976. PMID 29440529.
- ↑ Panofsky, Aaron (2014). Misbehaving Science. Controversy and the Development of Behavior Genetics. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-05831-3.
- ↑ Carl, Noah; Woodley of Menie, Michael A. (2019-11-01). "A scientometric analysis of controversies in the field of intelligence research". Intelligence. 77: 101397. doi:10.1016/j.intell.2019.101397. ISSN 0160-2896. S2CID 209513578.
- ↑ Fox, Margalit. "Arthur R. Jensen Dies at 89; Set Off Debate About I.Q." Archived from the original on 2022-01-01.
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