Linda S. Gottfredson

School of Education
College of Human Services, Education,
and Public Policy
University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware 19716 USA
(302) 831-1650
FAX (302) 831-6058
gottfred@udel.edu

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Interests

• Intelligence, health and everyday life
• Intelligence and social inequality
• Employment testing and job aptitude demands
• Affirmative action and multicultural diversity
• Career development and vocational counseling

Education and Honors

• George A Miller Award (for outstanding journal article across specialty areas), Society for General Psychology, American Psychological Association, 2008.
• Distinguished Faculty Award, School of Education, University of Delaware, 2007.
• Mensa Press Award, 2005.
• Mensa Award for Excellence in Research, 2005.
• Faculty Senate Commendation for Extraordinary Leadership and Service, University of Delaware, awarded May 2, 2005.
• Mensa Research Foundation Award for Excellence in Research, 1999-2000.
• Fellow, Association for Psychological Science, elected 1998.
• Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars, elected 1995.
• Fellow, American Psychological Association, elected 1994.
• Fellow, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, elected 1994.
• Ph.D. (Sociology), The Johns Hopkins University, 1977.
• B.A. (Psychology), University of California at Berkeley, 1969. (Phi Beta Kappa).

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Professional Experience

• 2000-present Affiliated Faculty, Honors Program, University of Delaware.,
• 1990-present Professor, School of Education, University of Delaware.
• 1987-1990 Associate Professor, Department of Educational Studies, College of Education, University of Delaware.
• 1986-1987 Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Educational Studies, College of Education, University of Delaware.
• 1986 Principal Research Scientist, Center for Social Organization of Schools, The Johns Hopkins University.
• 1985-1986 Research Associate (part-time), Department of Counseling and Personnel Services, College of Education, University of Maryland, College Park.
• 1983-1986 Associate Professor (adjunct), Department of Sociology, The Johns Hopkins University.
• 1980-1986 Research Scientist, Center for Social Organization of Schools, The Johns Hopkins University.
• 1977-1983 Assistant Professor (adjunct), Department of Sociology, The Johns Hopkins University.
• 1976-1980 Associate Research Scientist, Center for Social Organization of Schools, The Johns Hopkins University.
• 1972-1973 Research Assistant, Department of Behavioral Sciences, School of Hygiene and Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University.
• 1969-1972 Peace Corps Volunteer in Family Planning and Health Statistics, Penang State Health Office, Georgetown, Malaysia.
• 1968-1969 Research Assistant, Alameda County Human Relations Commission, Oakland, California.

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Professional Publications

|| 1975-1979 || 1980-1984 || 1985-1989 || 1990-1994 || 1995-1999 || 2000-2004 || 2005-2009 || In Press || Submitted for review ||

• In press

• Gottfredson, L. S. (in press). Of what value is intelligence? In A. Prifitera, D. Saklofske, & L. G. Weiss, (Eds.), WISC-IV applications for clinical assessment and intervention. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (in press). Logical fallacies used to dismiss the evidence on intelligence testing. In R. Phelps (Ed.), The true measure of educational and psychological tests: Correcting fallacies about the science of testing. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

• 2005-2009
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2008). The calculus of small but consistent effects. The Edge Annual Question — Edge, January 1.

• Gottfredson. L. S. (2007). Flynn, Ceci, and Turkheimer on race and intelligence: Opening moves. Cato Unbound, November 26.

• Gottfredson, L. S. (2007). Shattering logic to explain the Flynn Effect. Cato Unbound, November 8.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2007). Applying double standards to "divisive" ideas. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2(2), 216-220.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2007). Innovation, fatal accidents, and the evolution of general intelligence. In M. J. Roberts (Ed.), Integrating the mind: Domain general versus domain specific processes in higher cognition (pp. 387-425) . Hove, UK: Psychology Press.
• Batty, G. D., Deary, I. J., & Gottfredson, L. S. (2007). Pre-morbid (early life) IQ and later mortality risk: Systematic review. Annals of Epidemiology. epub available December 15, 2006 .
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2006). Circumscription and compromise. In J. H. Greenhaus (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Career Development. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2006). Social consequences of group differences in cognitive ability (Consequencias sociais das diferencas de grupo em habilidade cognitiva). In C. E. Flores-Mendoza & R. Colom (Eds.), Introducau a psicologia das diferencas individuais (pp. 433-456). Porto Allegre, Brazil: ArtMed Publishers.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2006). Unmasking the egalitarian fiction. Duke Gifted Letter, 6(3), 10.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2005, October 31). Thinking more deeply about health disparities. A rapid response comment on D. Adkins & E. M. Moy, Left behind: the legacy of hurricane Katrina (editorial), British Medical Journal, 2005, 331: 916-918.
• Deary, I. J., Batty, D., & Gottfredson, L. S. (2005, July 29). Human hierarchies, health, and IQ (letter). Science, 309, 703-703.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2005). Implications of cognitive differences for schooling within diverse societies. Pages 517-554 in C. L. Frisby & C. R. Reynolds (Eds.), Comprehensive Handbook of Multicultural School Psychology. New York: Wiley.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2005). What if the hereditarian hypothesis is true? Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 11, 311-319.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2005, May 10). Linda Gottfredson responds to Simon Baron-Cohen. Edge: The Reality Club, 160.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2005). Suppressing intelligence research: Hurting those we intend to help. In R. H. Wright & N. A. Cummings (Eds.), Destructive trends in mental health: The well-intentioned path to harm (pp. 155-186). New York: Taylor and Francis.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2005). Using Gottfredson's theory of circumscription and compromise in career guidance and counseling. In S. D. Brown & R. W. Lent (Eds.), Career development and counseling: Putting theory and research to work (pp. 71-100). New York: Wiley.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2005). Three entries ("Construct validity," "Intelligence testing," and "Norms,") in S. Cartwright (Ed.), The Blackwell encyclopedia of management: Human resource management (2nd ed.). Oxford: Blackwell. (Pages 68-69, 187-189, 257-258)
• 2000-2004
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2004). Schools and the g factor. The Wilson Quarterly, Summer, 35-45.
• Won the 2005 Mensa Press Award.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2004). Life, death, and intelligence. Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology [online], 4, (1), 23-46. www.iacep.coged.org
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2004). Realities in desegregating gifted education. In D. Booth & J. C. Stanley (Eds.), In the eyes of the beholder: Critical issues for diversity in gifted education (pp. 139-155). Waco, TX: Prufrock Press.
• Gottfredson, L. S., & Deary, I. J. (2004). Intelligence predicts health and longevity, but why? Current Directions in Psychological Science, 13(1), 1-4.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2004). Intelligence: Is it the epidemiologists' elusive "fundamental cause" of social class inequalities in health? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86(1), 174-199.
• Reprinted in Mensa Research Journal, 38 (2), 76-106, Summer 2007.
• Won the George A. Miller Award, Society of General Psychology, American Psychological Association, 2008.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2003). g, jobs, and life. In H. Nyborg (Ed.), The scientific study of general intelligence: Tribute to Arthur R. Jensen (pp. 293-342). New York: Pergamon.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2003). On Sternberg's "Reply to Gottfredson." Intelligence, 31(4), 415-424.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2003). Dissecting practical intelligence theory: Its claims and evidence. Intelligence, 31(4), 343-397.
• Reprinted in Mensa Research Journal, 38 (2), 34-68, 107, Summer 2007.
• Won a 2005 Mensa Excellence in Research Award.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2003). The challenge and promise of cognitive career assessment. Journal of Career Assessment, 11(2), 115-135.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2003). "Environments" are genetic too. Review of Environmental effects on cognitive abilities, by R. J. Sternberg & E. L. Grigorenko (Eds.). Contemporary Psychology, 48(1), 71-74.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2003). Practical intelligence. Pages 740-745 in R. Fernandez-Ballesteros (Ed.), Encyclopedia of psychological assessment. London: Sage.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2003). The science and politics of intelligence in gifted education. Pages 24-40 in N. Colangelo & G. A. Davis (Eds.), Handbook of gifted education (3rd ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2002). Assess and assist individuals, not sexes. Issues in Education, 8(1), 39-47.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2002). Gottfredson's theory of circumscription, compromise, and self-creation. Pages 85-148 in D. Brown (Ed.), Career choice and development (4th ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2002). Where and why g matters: Not a mystery. Human Performance, 15(1/2), 25-46.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2002). g: Highly general and highly practical. Pages 331-380 in R. J. Sternberg & E. L. Grigorenko (Eds.), The general factor of intelligence: How general is it? Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2001). Intelligence and the American ambivalence toward talent. Pages 41-58 in N. Colangelo & S. G. Assouline (Eds.), Talent development IV: Proceedings from The 1998 Henry B. and Jocelyn Wallace National Research Symposium on Talent Development. Scottsdale, AZ: Great Potential Press.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2001). Review of Practical Intelligence in Everyday Life by R. J. Sternberg et al. Intelligence, 29, 363-365.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2000). Intelligence. Pages 1359-1386 in E. F. Borgatta & R. J. V. Montgomery (eds.), Encyclopedia of sociology, Vol. 2 (2nd ed.) . New York: Macmillan Reference.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2000). Skills gaps, not tests, make racial proportionality impossible. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 6(1), 129-143.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2000). Pretending that intelligence doesn't matter. Cerebrum, 2(3), 75-96.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2000). Equal potential: A collective fraud. Society, 37(5), 19-28.
• 1995-1999
• Gottfredson, L. S., & Richards, J. M., Jr. (1999). The meaning and measurement of environments in Holland's theory. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 55, 57-73
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1999). The nature and nurture of vocational interests. In M. L. Savickas & A. R. Spokane (Eds.), Vocational interests: Their meaning, measurement, and use in counseling. Davies-Black Publishing.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1998). Jensen, Jensenism, and the sociology of intelligence. Intelligence, 26(3), 291-299.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1998, Winter). The general intelligence factor. Scientific American Presents, 9(4), 24-29.
• Also published as Der Generalfaktor der Intelligenz, Spektrum der Wissenschaft. Spezial: Intelligenz (A publication of Scientific American), 1/2000, 24-30.
• Reprinted in 12th edition of Taking sides: Clashing views on controversial psychological issues. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002, pages 159-169.
• Gottfredson, L. S., & Lapan, R. T. (1997). Assessing gender-based circumscription of occupational aspirations. Journal of Career Assessment, 5(4), 419-441.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1997). Review of Inequality by design: Cracking the Bell Curve myth, by C. S. Fischer, M. Hout, M. S. Jankowski, S. R. Lucas, A. Swidler, & K. Voss. Personnel Psychology, 50(3), 741-746.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (Ed.) (1997). Intelligence and social policy. Intelligence, 24(1). (Special issue)
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1997). Why g matters: The complexity of everyday life. Intelligence, 24(1), 79-132.
• Received a 1999-2000 Mensa Research Foundation Award for Excellence in Research.
• Reprinted in G. J. Boyle & D. H. Saklofske (Eds.), (2003), Psychology of Individual Differences. Vol. 1: Individual Differences. London: Sage.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1997). Mainstream science on intelligence: An editorial with 52 signatories, history, and bibliography. Intelligence, 24(1), 13-23.
• Reprinted in G. J. Boyle & D. H. Saklofske (Eds.), (2003), Psychology of Individual Differences. Vol. 1: Individual Differences. London: Sage.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1997). Four entries ("Construct validity," "GATB", "Intelligence testing," and "Norms,") in L. H. Peters, C. R. Greer, & S. A. Youngblood (Eds.), Blackwell dictionary of human resource management. Oxford: Blackwell. (Pages 57-58, 126, 169-170, and 234.)
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1997). Multiculturalism in the workplace. The Psychologist-Manager, 1, 23-34.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1997). Review of Prescription for failure: Race relations in the age of social science, by B. M. Roth. Political Psychology, 18, 209-215.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1996). Racially gerrymandering the content of police tests to satisfy the U.S. Justice Department: A case study. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 2(3/4), 418-446.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1996). Confronting the new particularism in academe. Journal of Management Inquiry, 5, 319-325.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1996). The new challenge to academic freedom. Journal of Homelessness and Social Distress, 5, 205-212.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1996). Review of Race, evolution, and behavior: A life history perspective, by J. P. Rushton. Politics and the Life Sciences, 15, 141-143.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1996). Gottfredson's theory of circumscription and compromise. In D. Brown, & L. Brooks, (Eds.), Career choice and development (3rd ed.), pp. 179-232. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1996). Reply to critiques of "What do we know about intelligence?" The American Scholar, Spring, 320-320.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1996). What do we know about intelligence? The American Scholar, Winter, 15-30.
• Reprinted in Network News & Views, January/February 1996, 29-44.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1995). Review of Dictatorship of virtue: Multiculturalism and the battle for America's future, by R. Bernstein. Personnel Psychology, 48(3), 667-671.
• 1990-1994
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1994). From the ashes of affirmative action. The World and I, November, 365-377.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1994). The science and politics of race-norming. American Psychologist, 49(11), 955-963.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1994). Scientific hoax - reply. Society, 32(1), 5-6.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1994). Egalitarian fiction and collective fraud. Society, 31(3), 53-59.
• Reprinted in N. J. Pallone & J. J. Hennessey (eds.), (1995), Fraud and fallible judgment: Varieties of deception in the social and behavioral sciences, New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction, pp. 95-106.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1993). Truth in the balance? A comment on Estes. Psychological Science, 4(4), 271-271.
• Gottfredson, L. S., & J. H. Blits. (1992). Legislated lawlessness on civil rights. Delaware Lawyer, 10 (2), 20-23.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1992). Dilemmas in developing diversity programs. In S. E. Jackson (Ed.), Diversity in the workplace: Human resources initiatives. New York: Guilford.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1991). The evaluation of alternative measures of job performance. In A. K. Wigdor & B. F. Green, Jr. (Eds.), Performance assessment for the workplace. Volume II: Technical issues. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1990). Fairness or bias in job testing? A commentary in Issues in Science and Technology, 7 (1), 27-28.
• Blits, J. H., & Gottfredson, L. S. (1990). Equality or lasting inequality? Society, 27 (3), 4-11.
• Blits, J. H., & Gottfredson, L. S. (1990). Employment testing and job performance. The Public Interest, Winter, No. 98, 18-25.
• 1985-1989
• Gottfredson, L. S., & Sharf, J. C. (Eds.) (Special Issue) (1988). Fairness in employment testing. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 33 (3).
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1988). Reconsidering fairness: A matter of social and ethical priorities. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 33 (3), 293-319.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1988). Do we need sex-specific occupational prestige scales? (Review of Jobs and gender: A study of occupational prestige, by Christine Bose). Contemporary Psychology, 33 (4), 315.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1987). The practical significance of black-white differences in intelligence. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 10 (3), 510-512.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (Ed.) (1986). The g factor in employment. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 29 (3). (Special Issue)
• Gottfredson, L. S., & Crouse, J. (1986). The validity versus utility of mental tests: Example of the SAT. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 29, 363-378.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1986). Societal consequences of the g factor in employment. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 29, 379-410.
• Reprinted in Educational Excellence Network, 6 (9), October, 1987.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1986). Occupational aptitude patterns map: Development and implications for a theory of job aptitude requirements (Monograph). Journal of Vocational Behavior, 29, 254-291.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1986). Special groups and the beneficial use of vocational interest inventories. In W. B. Walsh & S. Osipow (Eds.), Advances in Vocational Psychology, Vol. 1: The Assessment of Interests (pp. 127-198). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Finucci, J. M., Gottfredson, L. S., & Childs, B. (1985). A follow-up study of dyslexic boys. Annals of Dyslexia, 35, 117-136.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1985). Education as a valid but fallible signal of worker quality: Reorienting an old debate about the functional basis of the occupational hierarchy. In A. C. Kerchoff (Eds.) Research in Sociology of Education and Socialization, Vol. 5 (pp. 119-165). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1985). The role of self-concept in vocational theory. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 32 (1), 159-162.
• 1980-1984
• Gottfredson, L. S., Finucci, J. M., & Childs, B. (1984). Explaining the adult careers of dyslexic boys: Variations in critical skills for high-level jobs. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 24, 355-373.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1983). Creating and criticizing theory. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 23, 203-212.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1982). The sex fairness of unnormed interest inventories. Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 31 (2), 128-132.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1982). Vocational research priorities. The Counseling Psychologist, 10 (2), 69-84.
• Reprinted under the title "An outsider's view of research priorities" in The Coming Decade in Counseling Psychology, edited by J. M. Whiteley, N. Kagan, L. W. Harmon, F. Tanney, & B. R. Fretz. American Personnel and Guidance Association, 1984.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1981). Circumscription and compromise: A developmental theory of occupational aspirations. Journal of Counseling Psychology (Monograph), 28 (6), 545-579.
• Gottfredson, L. S., & Brown, V. C. (1981). Occupational differentiation among white men in the first decade after high school. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 19, 251-289.
• Gottfredson, L. S., Simonsick, E., & Voorstad, F. (1981). Occupational statistics and vocational analysis. 1980 Proceedings of the Social Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association, 98-107.
• Gottfredson, L. S., & Becker, H. J.. (1981). A challenge to vocational psychology: How important are aspirations in determining male career development?Journal of Vocational Behavior, 18, 121-137.
• Gottfredson, L. S., & White, P. E. (1981). Interorganizational agreements. In P. C. Nystrom & W. Starbuck (Eds.) Handbook of Organizational Design, Vol. 1: Adapting Organizations to their Environments (pp. 471-486). New York: Oxford.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1980). Construct validity of Holland's occupational typology in terms of prestige, census, Department of Labor, and other classification systems. Journal of Applied Psychology, 65 (6), 697-714.
• 1975-1979
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1979). Aspiration-job match: Age trends in a large, nationally representative sample of young white men. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 26 (4), 319-328.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1978). Providing Black youth more access to enterprising work. Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 27 (2), 114-123.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1978). An analytical description of employment according to race, prestige, and Holland type of work. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 13, 210-221.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1978). Race and sex differences in occupational aspirations: Their development and consequences for occupational segregation. Report No. 254. Baltimore, MD: Center for Social Organization of Schools, The Johns Hopkins University.
• Gottfredson, L. S., & Brown, V. C. (1978). Holland codes for the 1960 and 1970 censuses: Detailed occupational titles. JSAS Catalog of Selected Documents in Psychology, 8, 22. (Ms. No. 1660).
• White, P. E., Richardson, A., Bright, M., Gottfredson, L., McQueen, D., Sanders, B., & Vlasak, G. (1976). A Survey of Graduates of American Schools of Public Health. Washington, D.C.: Association of Schools of Public Health.
• Holland, J. L., Gottfredson, G. D., & Gottfredson, L. S. (1975). Read our reports and examine that data. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 7, 253-259.
• Gottfredson, G. D., Holland, J. L., & Gottfredson, L. S. (1975). The relation of vocational aspirations and assessments to employment reality. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 7, 135-148.

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Presentations at Professional Meetings and in Lecture Series

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• 2005-2009
• Arden, R., Gottfredson, L. S., & Miller, G. Intelligence and semen quality. Presented at the annual convention of the Behavior Genetics Association, Louisville, KY, June 26, 2008.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. (2007). Psychometric properties of health and health self-care. Presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Intelligence Research, Amsterdam, December 13.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. (2007). Flynn Effect 2: Political enthusiasm. Presented at the 2007 Schelling Symposium, What is Intelligence? University of Maryland, November 19, 2007.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. (2007). Flynn Effect 1: Empirical puzzle. Presented at the 2007 Schelling Symposium, What is Intelligence? University of Maryland, November 19, 2007.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. (2007). Intelligence in everyday life--Where and why it matters. Developmental Lunch Bunch Seminar, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, November 16.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. (2007). Everyday life and health as an intelligence test—throughout evolution. Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Special Lecture, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, November 15
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• Gottfredson, L. S. Chronic diseases as cognitively demanding careers for patients and their families: Diabetes, Parkinsons, Alzheimers, and breast cancer. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, Giessen, Germany, July 22-27, 2007.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. (2007). My journeys with job analysis: Understanding health and safety throughout human evolution. Ernest J. McCormick Memorial Lecture, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN, March 30, 2007.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. (2006). Dangerous ideas and safe zones. Presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Intelligence Research, San Francisco, December 14, 2006.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. Gentleman, scholar, and mentor--Without fail. Presentation in a symposium honoring Julian C. Stanley, at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, August 11, 2006.
• Gottfredson, L. S. Intelligence: One or many? Presentation in the Psi Chi / STP Pedagogical Debate, "Should Psychology Adopt a Theory of Multiple Intelligences?" at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, August 10, 2006.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. Lowering the cognitive barriers to effective health self-care. Presented at the 13th European Conference on Personality, Athens, Greece, July 23, 2006.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. Health self-care as a complex, lifelong career: Implications for patients, providers, and policy makers. Presented in the Medici Conference, Center for Positive Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, July 5, 2006.
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• Managing one's diabetes: A lifelong career with relentless reasoning demands. Presented at the "Allied Health Symposium: Inform, perform, transform," Diabetes Association of Greater Cleveland, Cleveland Ohio, March 2, 2006.

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• Gottfredson, L. S. Cognitive disparities: What role in creating health disparities? Presented in the book event "The Health Disparities Myth: Diagnosing the Treatment Gap," American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC, February 22, 2006.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. Innovation, fatal accidents, and the evolution of general intelligence. Paper presented to the Psychobiology section of the Department of Psychology, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, December 6, 2005.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. Innovation, fatal accidents, and the evolution of general intelligence. Paper presented at the annual convention of the International Society for Intelligence Research, Albuquerque, NM, December 1, 2005.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. Situational Judgment Tests and Disparate Impact: The Big Picture. Discussion paper in the symposium, "Adverse Impact in Predictors and Criteria of Performance," presented at the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, April 16, 2005.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. "What's Holding Women Back in Science?" Wrong Question. Presentation in the panel "Women in Science: Are They Being Held Back?" sponsored by The Ensemble Studio Theatre and The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in association with The New York Academy of Sciences Women Investigators Network, Cooper Union, New York City, April 14, 2005.
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