Survey of Expert Opinion on Intelligence Intelligence Research
Intelligence 78 (2020) 101406 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Intelligence journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/intell Survey of expert opinion on intelligence: Intelligence research, experts' T background, controversial issues, and the media ⁎ Heiner Rindermanna, , David Beckera, Thomas R. Coyleb a Department of Psychology, Chemnitz University of Technology, Wilhelm-Raabe-Str. 43, D-09107 Chemnitz, Germany b Department of Psychology, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Keywords: Experts (Nmax = 102 answering) on intelligence completed a survey about IQ research, controversies, and the Expert survey media. The survey was conducted in 2013 and 2014 using the Internet-based Expert Questionnaire on Cognitive Intelligence Ability (EQCA). In the current study, we examined the background of the experts (e.g., nationality, gender, IQ-tests religion, and political orientation) and their positions on intelligence research, controversial issues, and the Media media. Most experts were male (83%) and from Western countries (90%). Political affiliations ranged from the Worldviews left (liberal, 54%) to the right (conservative, 24%), with more extreme responses within the left-liberal spectrum. Experts rated the media and public debates as far below adequate. Experts with a left (liberal, progressive) political orientation were more likely to have positive views of the media (around r = |.30|). In contrast, compared to female and left (liberal) experts, male and right (conservative) experts were more likely to endorse the validity of IQ testing (correlations with gender, politics: r = .55, .41), the g factor theory of intelligence (r = .18, .34), and the impact of genes on US Black-White differences (r = .50, .48).
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