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Chapter 6. Racial Characteristics 153
biased conclusions were made, they came to be criticized on grounds of
methodological inadequacy. Thus began a trend toward improvement of
techniques and qualification cff conclusions that led to much of the present
knowledge about the actual forces determining the intelligence and person-
ality of disadvantaged groups. Such knowledge has been used and is being
used to great advantage in the correction of popular beliefs.
Now that this phase of scientific efFort is coming to a climax, psycholo-
gists can begin to direct their efforts in a more positive direction. While
the pioneer outposts of this new research have given us several stimulating
hints of the direction of this research, the field is still open for challenging
hypotheses as yet not thought of.
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