Their Dark Materials: Testing, Eugenics, and America
from Psychosocial Distancing Hosted by Daniel Chadborn and Thomas Brooks
Episode 31: Season 2, Episode 7 of our book read/podcast covering every chapter in an open source textbook to act as a free supplement to INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY. In this episode we discuss Intelligence! Testing, the SATs, the dark history, and also eugenics. A big warning for all listeners, this one gets dark and grim as we delve into the history of IQ testing and the people who used it to support their ethnocentric agenda. Textbook: https://openstax.org/details/books/psychology-2e?Book%20details PSD Website: https://psychosocialdistancingpodcast.com/ Thomas' Webpage: https://sexography.org/ Thomas' Twitter: https://twitter.com/TBrooks_SexPsy Daniel's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScienceInChaos Business Insider IQ Tests: https://www.businessinsider.com/iq-tests-dark-history-finally-being-used-for-good-2017-10?op=1 Eugenics Laws: https://www.uvm.edu/~lkaelber/eugenics/ Bias of the Week: Self-Serving Bias https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h3r_CNg_MuRKbi_oJYVRth7dAMW2nNiS/view?usp=sharing
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