Black Psychologists

Question 1

How did Darwin contribute to racism?

Answer 1

Emphasized individual differences between Blacks and Whites and concluded that they were inferior

Question 2

How did the concept of Eugenics contribute to racism?

Answer 2

Promoted to improve the race through selective mating. Could be done with genetics

Question 3

What research did Jensen do and what effect did it have?

Answer 3

He did intelligence testing and concluded that African Americans were genetically inferior.

Question 4

Wht did Hernstein and Murray conclude and how did it contribute to racism?

Answer 4

The Bell Curve

Argued that intelligence differs among racial groups with the African americans at the lowest end

Also concluded that most social problems among marginalized groups can not be solved because they are linked to intelligence which is inherited.

Question 5

What is the research of… and how did it lead to Racism?

Binet & Spearmen (2004)

Answer 5

They used intelligence testing to show intellectual differences between Black and Whites through Simon-Binet Intelligence Scale.

Question 6

What is the research of… and how did it lead to Racism?

Alice Strong (1912)

Answer 6

Used Binet scales and found Black children are inferior to White children on Conceptual and Intelligence testing

Question 7

What is the research of… and how did it lead to Racism?

Ferguson (1916)

Answer 7

Wrote the book The Psychology of the Negro: An Experimental Study.

He reported Blacks had deficits in abstract thinking but they were good at sensory and motor ability (implying they are good at manual work)

Question 8

What is the research of… and how did it lead to Racism?

Peterson (1923)

Answer 8

Found significant differences in Blacks and Whites

Question 9

What is the research of… and how did it lead to Racism?

Hokanson & Calden (1960)

Answer 9

Found African Americans had elevated scores on MMPIs for problematic behaviors

Question 10

What is the research of… and how did it lead to Racism?

Dreger & Miller (1960)

Answer 10

Found Whites superior to Negroes on several attributes including psychological, psychomotor, intelligence, and temperament traits

Question 11

What is the research of… and how did it lead to Racism?

Roen (1961)

Answer 11

Examined differences between Negroes & Whites on ACB and found Negroes scored lower than Whites on intelligence

Question 12

What did these psychologists do to help racism and/or African American Psychology?

Witty (1945)

Answer 12

Argued that some scores for intelligence testing for the Army General Classification Test were associated with educational opportunities for soldiers (Environmental factors) Concluded Negroes are equal to Whites in ability to learn

Question 13

What did these psychologists do to help racism and/or African American Psychology?

Grambs (1965)

Answer 13

Accounted for environmental influences on low Negro self-concept

Question 14

What did these psychologists do to help racism and/or African American Psychology?

Francis Summer (1920)

Answer 14

First Black to Receive Ph. D from Clark University. He is considered the “father of Black Psychology” His dissertation was about the Psychoanalysis of Freud and Adler

Question 15

What did these psychologists do to help racism and/or African American Psychology?

Charles Henry Thompson (1925)

Answer 15

Received Ph. D. in educational psychology from University of Chicago

Question 16

What did these psychologists do to help racism and/or African American Psychology?

Herman Canaday (1938)

Answer 16

At West Virginia State College. Convened Black Professional interested in Black psychology and established Black Psychologists Committee in ATA (American Teacher Association)

Question 17

What did these psychologists do to help racism and/or African American Psychology?

Joseph White (1970)

Answer 17

Professor at University of California Irvine that said it was difficult or impossible to understand the psychology of Blacks using theories developed by White psychologists

Question 18

What did these psychologists do to help racism and/or African American Psychology?

Mamie & Kenneth Clark (1940s/1950s)

Answer 18

Doll Study that concluded Black children preferred White dolls and this was used in Brown v. BOE

Question 19

What did these psychologists do to help racism and/or African American Psychology?

William Cross

Answer 19

He created a model of development of the racial and ethnic identity

Question 20

What did these psychologists do to help racism and/or African American Psychology?

Reginald Jones (1972/2004)

Answer 20

Wrote Black Psychology.

Question 21

What did these psychologists do to help racism and/or African American Psychology?

James Jones (1972)

Answer 21

Wrote Prejudice and Racism