"The theory published in the book, ‘The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in America,’ was recently disproved by Union professor Joshua J. Hart and Christopher F. Chabris of the Union Psychology Department.
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"As part of their research, Hart and Chabris conducted two separate online surveys of nearly 1,300 adults through Amazon Mechanical Turk – an online crowdsourcing internet marketplace enabling individuals to coordinate the use of human intelligence to perform tasks that computers are currently unable to do.
"Participants were asked a series of questions designed to measure their impulsiveness, ethnocentrism and personal insecurity. They also completed a test of their cognitive abilities. Finally, participants provided their income, occupation, education and other awards and achievements."
http://www.concordy.com/news/2016/04/the-triple-package-debunked/
Author: Talha Janjua
Date: April 28, 2016
"As part of their research, Hart and Chabris conducted two separate online surveys of nearly 1,300 adults through Amazon Mechanical Turk – an online crowdsourcing internet marketplace enabling individuals to coordinate the use of human intelligence to perform tasks that computers are currently unable to do.
"Participants were asked a series of questions designed to measure their impulsiveness, ethnocentrism and personal insecurity. They also completed a test of their cognitive abilities. Finally, participants provided their income, occupation, education and other awards and achievements."
http://www.concordy.com/news/2016/04/the-triple-package-debunked/
Author: Talha Janjua
Date: April 28, 2016