*Lecture by Professor Ian J. Deary, Centre for Cognitive Ageing and
Cognitive Epidemiology, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh*
Lecture Theatre 1 (Yudowitz), Wolfson Medical School Building,
University of Glasgow.
The lecture will be from 6-7pm, and will be followed by a drinks
reception in the Wolfson Atrium.
Social mobility is a hot topic. Do people get on in life because they
are bright and work hard (the meritocratic hypothesis), or because of
their social class origins (the social origins and
destinations—SAD—hypothesis)? Some researchers in the field think the UK
is largely a meritocratic society, whereas others (often using the same
datasets) think there is much social class inertia. In this talk, the
emphasis is on lifecourse models of the factors that contribute to
social mobility. The main factors addressed are parental social class,
childhood intelligence, and education. Professor Deary will try to
describe how each of these is associated with the other, and that all
contribute to social position by mid-life. The data are drawn from a
number of (mostly UK) cohort studies with longitudinal data. The UK is
especially strong in having long-term data on people who have been
followed up from childhood into adulthood, and in some cases to old age.
In each case, structural equation modeling is applied by Professor Deary
and his collaborators to test path models of social position and social
mobility. The results show that social mobility is dependent upon
multiple factors, and that the meritocratic and SAD hypotheses both have
some support, and some limitations.
Ian Deary is Professor of Differential Psychology at the University of
Edinburgh, and Director of the Medical Research Council-administered
Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology. His principal
research interest is human mental abilities, especially the origins of
cognitive differences and the effects of ageing and medical conditions
on mental skills, and the influence of intelligence on health and
wellbeing through the lifecourse.
Visit www.aqmen.ac.uk/events/IanDeary to secure your place.
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