Blocking effect Learning theory Race and intelligence
Spouse
Marie-Claire Kamin
Children
4
Scientific career
Fields
Psychology
Institutions
McGill University Queen's University McMaster University Princeton University Northeastern University
Thesis
The effects of the interval between signal and shock on avoidance learning (1954)
Academic advisors
Richard Solomon
Leon J. Kamin (December 29, 1927 – December 22, 2017)[1] was an American psychologist known for his contributions to learning theory and his critique of estimates of the heritability of IQ. He studied under Richard Solomon at Harvard and contributed several important ideas about conditioning, including the "blocking effect".
Leon J. Kamin (December 29, 1927 – December 22, 2017) was an American psychologist known for his contributions to learning theory and his critique of...
Kamin may refer to: Kamin in Westpreußen, German name of Kamień Krajeński, a town in Poland Kamin Rural District, Iran Kamin-2, an Iranian missile system...
influenced by politics rather than science, while Lewontin, Steven Rose and LeonKamin, who drew a distinction between the politics and history of an idea and...
Richard Lewontin, the neurobiologist Steven Rose, and the psychologist LeonKamin, in which the authors criticize sociobiology and genetic determinism and...
Bodmer); the heritability of intelligence (Christopher Jencks, Mary Jo Bane, LeonKamin, David Layzer); the possible inaccuracy of IQ tests as measures of intelligence...
achieve the same high level of literacy skills." Several authors, including LeonKamin in The Science and Politics of IQ, Angela Saini in Superior: The Return...
Ideology and Human Nature (1984), Richard Lewontin, Steven Rose and LeonKamin criticise "genetic determinism" from a Marxist framework, arguing that...
B. Hunt Seymour Itzkoff Douglas N. Jackson Arthur Jensen (1923–2012) LeonKamin Alan S. Kaufman James C. Kaufman Nadeen L. Kaufman Scott Barry Kaufman...
Richard Lewontin, the neurobiologist Steven Rose, and the psychologist LeonKamin. The philosopher Tom Rockmore has described History and Class Consciousness...
and he have two sons. He remains an atheist. With Richard Lewontin and LeonKamin, Rose championed the "radical science movement". The three criticized...
misrepresentation; Lane also replied to this with a rebuttal. In 1995 psychologist LeonKamin faulted Lynn in a critical review of The Bell Curve, for "disregarding...
outspoken critics of sociobiology such as Richard Lewontin, Steven Rose and LeonKamin helped to popularise a "dialectical" approach to questions of human behaviour...
science. In the book Not in Our Genes (co-authored with Steven Rose and Leon J. Kamin) and numerous articles, Lewontin questioned much of the claimed heritability...
Sociobiology: The New Synthesis Robert Wright Opponents Stephen Jay Gould LeonKamin Richard Lewontin Steven Rose Not in Our Genes Category Commons Evolutionary...
leu-enkephalin. Civilized Man's Eight Deadly Sins is published by Konrad Lorenz. LeonKamin demonstrates that Sir Cyril Burt's influential research into heritability...
three teachers brought before the committee, Deane, Wendell H. Furry, and LeonKamin. The statement indicated that Deane was not a member of the Communist...
Bellah (AB, 1950)* Edgar Schein (PhD, 1952)* Edward E. Jones (PhD, 1953)* LeonKamin (PhD, 1954)* Richard J. Herrnstein (PhD, 1955) Endel Tulving (PhD, 1956)...
" This was due in large part to research by Oliver Gillie (1976) and LeonKamin (1974). The 2007 Encyclopædia Britannica noted it is widely acknowledged...
characterization of scientists like Gould, Lewontin, Steven Rose and LeonKamin as SSSM adherents is based on an inaccurate reading of works like The...
Edward E. Jones, social psychologist Nathan Kogan, social psychologist LeonKamin, experimental psychologist Edward O. Laumann, sociologist and sexologist...
Uttarakhand (2007–2009) and Uttar Pradesh (2009–2014), septic shock. LeonKamin, 89, American psychologist. Jason Lowndes, 23, Australian racing cyclist...
Richard Lewontin, the neurobiologist Steven Rose and the psychologist LeonKamin's Not in Our Genes (1984). Hamer writes that Darwin's book surprised him...
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