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The Brain: Teaching Modules

Intelligence and Culture

The issue of cultural bias in testing is explored in this module, presenting Judy Kearins's work with Australian children. White and aboriginal children are shown to perform differently on visual/spatial tasks, and use different methods to arrive at solutions to the problems presented. Theories of cultural influence on cognitive processing and the shaping of the brain are suggested as explanations for tested differences in ability.

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