The Cattell Controversy: Race, Science, and Ideology

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Index ability traits (Cattell), 50, 53 abortion, 115, 149, 175 Abyssinia, 95 Achebe, Chinua, 192 Africa: Negro race (McDougall) and, 74–75; ranking of people in, 78, 181, 195; repatriation of blacks to, 121 African Americans. See blacks agencies (Cattell), 53 AIDS, 181, 194, 195 Allport, Gordon, 11, 21–22, 24, 32, 57, 199n36 Alpines: Cattell and, 105, 106–7, 134; McDougall and, 72, 84 altruism: dangers of, 80–81; toward one’s own group, 93 American Bantustans, 133–34 American Educational Research Association , Raymond B. Cattell Early Career Award, 2, 197n3 American Historical Association (AHA), 158 American Jewish Committee, 142 American Journal of Human Genetics, 124 American Journal of Psychology, 10 American Nazi Party, 131 American Political Science Association, Ralph J. Bunche Award, 155 American Psychological Association (APA): annual convention, 139–40; awards offered by, 2, 139–40, 184, 186; convention of 1997, 2–6, 140–46, 186–87; convention of 1998, 152–53; Division 44 (Society for the Study of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Issues), 186; experimental versus differential psychology, 22–24; origins of, 10; Public Interest Directorate, 144; Society for the History of Psychology, 142. See also American Psychological Foundation Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in Psychological Science Tucker_Cattell_text.indd 241 12/16/08 10:31:30 AM 242 Index American Psychological Foundation Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in Psychological Science: aftermath of Cattell withdrawal, 150–53; Blue Ribbon Panel, 3, 4, 144–46, 153, 189; Cattell nominated to receive, 2–6, 18–19, 61, 140–42, 186–87; Cattell withdraws name from consideration, 4, 146–49, 189; controversy concerning , 2–6, 18–19, 62, 142–66, 182–89; described, 139–40; “Open Letter to the APA” (Cattell), 4, 146–49; postponement of award to Cattell, 2–6, 62, 144–46, 149, 163–64, 184, 187 American Psychologist (journal), 141, 145 American Renaissance (periodical), 137–38, 148, 175–76 America’s Decline (Oliver), 131 Anglo-Saxons, 78, 79, 114, 191 Annual Review of Psychology, 12, 15 antiaphrodisiac, 115 Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith, 3, 142 antimiscegenation laws, 149 anti-Semitism, 137; Cattell and, 3, 95– 96, 142, 143–44, 161, 170; Nordics and, 172–73; rational, 132–34; Wagner and, 181–82. See also Nazism Appiah, K. Anthony, 191, 196 Arendt, Hannah, 173 Aristotle, 189 artificial insemination, 47, 100 Aryans, 95–96, 101, 116, 128, 160, 162, 170 assessment, as basis of eugenics, 85–90 Astel, Karl, 182, 185 attitude: dynamic lattice (Cattell) in measuring, 55–59; motivation and, 54–59; nature of, 54 Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, 4 Bacon, Francis, 89 Balkan block, Cattell and, 127 Behavior Genetics Association Annual Dobzhansky Memorial Award, 2 behaviorism, 68 Bell Curve, The (Herrnstein and Murray ), 148, 179 benign neglect, in social Darwinism, 78–79 Benoist, Alain de, 130–31 Berg, Irwin, 152 Beyond Eagle and Swastika (Tauber), 129 Beyondism, 3, 103–38; “brotherhood” in, 110; Cattell and, 141–42, 145, 147, 157; culture as derivative of race and, 114; Evolutionary Principle and, 110, 180; failing groups and, 118–19, 157– 58, 174–75, 181, 185–86, 192–93; Final Solution and, 174; genetic management and, 111–12, 149; genetic shortcomings and, 180; human worth and, 176–81; influences on development of, 103–8, 116; Mankind Quarterly (journal) and, 14–15, 120–27, 130, 131, 142–43, 148, 151, 191; Nazi ideology and, 116; origins of, 108–20; racial separation and, 111–14; scientific improvement within groups and, 114–17, 160; spread of gospel of, 125; successful groups and, 118–20; supporters of Cattell and, 108, 122–26, 128–38; tenets of, 109; totalitarian tribalism and, 169–76; world federal government and, 117–18 Beyondism (Cattell), 109, 141 Beyondist (newsletter), 136, 158 Beyondist Foundation, 15, 152 Beyondist Society, 135–36 bigotry, 107 Birkett, Heather, 14 birth control, 149, 157, 162, 185, 235n61 Blacker, C. P., 160–61 blacks: arts and, 191–92; birth rate and, 112–13; Cattell on, 94–95, 148, 159, Tucker_Cattell_text.indd 242 12/16/08 10:31:31 AM Index 243 174–75; civil rights movement and, 107, 121, 125, 128–30, 137; cultural momentum and, 112–13; genetic inferiority of, 129–30; health problems of, 112–13, 151, 224–25n36; intellectual inferiority of, 108; McDougall on, 70, 71, 73, 74–75; music of, 135, 191, 192; participation in U.S. polity, 79, 116, 122, 130; repatriation to Africa, 121; slavery and, 79, 137, 189; systematic elimination of, 185; as...