Mike Palij wrote:
http://www.indiana.edu/~intell/kallikak.shtml
>From the latter website we have the following text that may help
set the context for what immigrants may have had to expect on
reaching Ellis Island:
"The height of Goddard's success came at a time when America
was experiencing a large influx of immigrants from Europe. The
Immigration Restriction Act, passed in 1924 (which remained in
effect until 1965) was influenced by American eugenics' efforts.
In 1913 Goddard was invited to Ellis Island to help detect morons
in the immigrant population. In his Intelligence Classification of
Immigrants of Different Nationalities (1917) he asserted that most
of the Ellis Island immigrants were mentally deficient. For example,
he indicated that 83% of all Jews tested were feeble-minded, as
were 80% of the Hungarians, 79% of the Italians, and 87% of the
Russians. The result was that many immigrants were turned away
and sent back to Europe."
Regretible as the experiment with Godard's test at Ellis Island was, my
understanding is that it was relatively limited in duration (although it
has gotten an enormous amount of "play" since Gould's _Mismeasure of
Man_ was published). Unfortunately, I don't have a reliable source ready
to hand. Does someone have a copy of Leila Zenderland's biography of
Goddard?
Chris
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Christopher D. Green
Department of Psychology
York University
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
Canada
416-736-5115 ex. 66164
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http://www.yorku.ca/christo/
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