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Inquiry Into The Ethnic Superiority Thesis Of The Bell Curve : A Cognitive Comparative Study Of Malay And Chinese In USM

This study is based on the probe into ethnic intelligence superiority thesis by Herrnstein and Murray (1994) in "The Bell Curve" book. The book suggested that certain ethnic groups were superior intellectually than another due to genetics and this is not amenable to intervention. The main...

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Main Author: Zulkernain, Mohd Noordinie
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2017
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H1-99 Social sciences (General)
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spelling my.usm.eprints.45417 http://eprints.usm.my/45417/ Inquiry Into The Ethnic Superiority Thesis Of The Bell Curve : A Cognitive Comparative Study Of Malay And Chinese In USM Zulkernain, Mohd Noordinie H1-99 Social sciences (General) This study is based on the probe into ethnic intelligence superiority thesis by Herrnstein and Murray (1994) in "The Bell Curve" book. The book suggested that certain ethnic groups were superior intellectually than another due to genetics and this is not amenable to intervention. The main purpose of this research is to scientifically examine their nature stance. This research brings the arguments to the Malaysian context, by looking at the Malays and the Chinese, two largest ethnic groups in Penang. During the British colonial period, the Malays were described as lazy and lack intellectual capacity but the Chinese were viewed oppositely as hard working and academically inclined. 2017-06 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/45417/1/MOHD%20NOORDINIE%20ZULKERNAIN.pdf Zulkernain, Mohd Noordinie (2017) Inquiry Into The Ethnic Superiority Thesis Of The Bell Curve : A Cognitive Comparative Study Of Malay And Chinese In USM. Masters thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
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Zulkernain, Mohd Noordinie
Inquiry Into The Ethnic Superiority Thesis Of The Bell Curve : A Cognitive Comparative Study Of Malay And Chinese In USM
description This study is based on the probe into ethnic intelligence superiority thesis by Herrnstein and Murray (1994) in "The Bell Curve" book. The book suggested that certain ethnic groups were superior intellectually than another due to genetics and this is not amenable to intervention. The main purpose of this research is to scientifically examine their nature stance. This research brings the arguments to the Malaysian context, by looking at the Malays and the Chinese, two largest ethnic groups in Penang. During the British colonial period, the Malays were described as lazy and lack intellectual capacity but the Chinese were viewed oppositely as hard working and academically inclined.
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author Zulkernain, Mohd Noordinie
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title Inquiry Into The Ethnic Superiority Thesis Of The Bell Curve : A Cognitive Comparative Study Of Malay And Chinese In USM
title_short Inquiry Into The Ethnic Superiority Thesis Of The Bell Curve : A Cognitive Comparative Study Of Malay And Chinese In USM
title_full Inquiry Into The Ethnic Superiority Thesis Of The Bell Curve : A Cognitive Comparative Study Of Malay And Chinese In USM
title_fullStr Inquiry Into The Ethnic Superiority Thesis Of The Bell Curve : A Cognitive Comparative Study Of Malay And Chinese In USM
title_full_unstemmed Inquiry Into The Ethnic Superiority Thesis Of The Bell Curve : A Cognitive Comparative Study Of Malay And Chinese In USM
title_sort inquiry into the ethnic superiority thesis of the bell curve : a cognitive comparative study of malay and chinese in usm
publishDate 2017
url http://eprints.usm.my/45417/1/MOHD%20NOORDINIE%20ZULKERNAIN.pdf
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