Jim Clark wrote: > I've asked this on PESTs, as well, so pardon the duplication ... does anyone > know what interventions Nisbett is referring to in the last paragraph? > > My assumption was that he meant all the intellectual, social, and nutritional "enrichment" programs that help to fill in the "gap" between poor and middle-class environments. Quality daycare, "Head Start" (in the US), subsidized breakfast programs lunch, after-school tutoring and athletic programs, etc.
Regards, Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ "Wherever it is possible to find out the cause of what is happening one should not have recourse to the gods" - Polybius, cited in E. H. Carr's What is History? (Macmillan, 1961, p. 68 n.). ===================================== > > >>>> "Christopher D. Green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10-Dec-07 12:17:28 AM >>> >>>> > Here's Richard Nisbett's response to the Slate piece by Richard Saletan > that Stephen Black recommended to us back on Nov 22. Turns out that > Saletan's easy certainties are no more certain than Jensen's of > Herrnstein's. > http://tinyurl.com/3bduvl > > Regards, > Chris Green > York U. > Toronto, Canada > > --- > > > --- > > > ---
