The Bell Curve Thesis

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The Bell Curve Thesis

• How your position in the workplace is ultimately
  determined by your level of intelligence.

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The Bell Curve

• The Broader effect on society has been dramatic,
  the creation of a new cognitive elite
• The power of education, and those who have access
  to it, is changing the type of people we see in
  power in the workplace.
• Things are different than they were in the late
  20th century.

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IQ in the workplace

• One of the biggest changes is that the people in
  charge were not college educated. Often these
  employers were not even high school graduates.
• IQ now sets people apart as the article states,
  IQ is the crucial determining factor.

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Money

• In the 1930s and 1940s the salaries of some of
  the specialized professions, like engineering,
  were the same as manufacturing jobs. From the 50s
  to the 60s the professional job salaries have
  nearly doubled, manufacturing jobs rose about 20

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Physical separation

• The higher the level of cognitive ability, and
  the greater the degree of homogeneity among
  people involved in a particular line of work, the
  greater is the degree of separation of the
  cognitive elite from everyone else.
• In a hospital cafeteria there is an obvious
  separation between doctors and janitors. They
  dont sit together and they really only speak in
  passing. The nurses all sit in another area
  while the students sit in another.

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Genetic Partitioning

• The separation, according to the article, can
  also be attributed to mental capacities that are
  inherited genetically.
• The article does warn that this principal is not
  for individuals but is based on a population of
  people

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Cross Cultural Analysis

• Most of the group was satisfied and impressed
  with the article
• It was clear and easy to read
• It kept our interest the whole time
• We identified elements of material culture
  because it shows how our culture works and how we
  view intelligence in our society.

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Cross Cultural Analysis

• We identified values and norms like how Americans
  value high IQ.
• The Sociological Perspective that was most
  evident was the functionalist perspective.
• It viewed society as a whole.

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Cross Cultural Analysis

• We felt the article expressed goal oriented
  behavior because those with better education seek
  higher positions in the work place.
• It also validated existing theories because we
  already know, the more educated you are, the
  better your chances are at having a successful
  career.

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SUMMARY

• In the past it was about wealthy well known
  families having better opportunities to go to ivy
  league schools for prestige. Now admission to
  these institutions are based on IQ.
• The same trend has shifted to the workplace.

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Group Two Members

• Michael Mack
• Kelly Hogeland
• Dana Baltus
• Andres Nieto
• Stephen Caputo
• Melvin Wallace
• Tiffany Wright
• Tamia Sharper