Racial and ethnic differences in psychopathic personality

Lynn, Richard

doi:10.1016/s0191-8869(01)00029-0

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“…49 -50) suggests that 'there probably are blacks and other minorities who refuse to tip whites as a way to express frustration for the daily (and historical) indignities that minorities suffer in our less-than-perfect America'. Second, the possibility has been raised that African-Americans have higher rates of antisocial personality traits (Lynn, 2002), which lead them to tip less than whites simply because they are less generous. Finally, African-Americans may tip less than whites because in the black community there are more female-headed households, less disposable income, and larger families -all factors that affect tipping.…”

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confidence: 99%

Racial differences in restaurant tipping: A labour process perspective

Brewster

Mallinson

2009

The Service Industries Journal

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Racial differences in restaurant tipping: A labour process perspective

Brewster

Mallinson

2009

The Service Industries Journal

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“…This is an important point, because it provides an empirical basis for dismissing one potentially inflammatory explanation for ethnic differences in tipping. Lynn (2002) theorized that Blacks have more psychopathic (antisocial) personalities than do Whites. This theory suggests that Blacks may tip less than Whites because they are simply less generous than are Whites.…”

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Black‐White Differences in Tipping of Various Service Providers¹

Lynn

2004

J Applied Social Pyschol

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Data from a national telephone survey revealed 4 general patterns in the tipping behaviors of Blacks and Whites. First, Blacks appear more likely than Whites to stiff commonly encountered service providers, but not less commonly encountered ones. Second, Blacks appear more likely than Whites to leave flat tip amounts to service providers who are commonly tipped a percentage of the bill, but not to service providers who are more rarely tipped a percentage of the bill. Third, Black percentage tippers leave a smaller average percentage of the bill than do White percentage tippers across many service contexts. Finally, Black flat tippers leave larger average dollar tips than do White flat tippers across many service contexts. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed briefly.

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“…In Britain, the Home Office (1999) reported that the Afro-Caribbean 2% of the population made up 15% of the prison population. Lynn (2002) found an East Asian-White-Black gradient in mean scores in psychopathic personality indexed by childhood conduct disorder, being suspended from school, scoring low on tests of moral understanding, poor work commitment, maintaining monogamous relationships, being responsible parents, engaging in domestic violence, failing to live up to financial obligations, recklessness in traffic accidents and in needing hospitalization for injuries through altercations. Finer grain analyses also show the race-crime link.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This paper examines the relation of national differences in violent crime to Lynn andVanhanen's (2002, 2006) national IQ scores and Rushton's (1985) r-K life-history hypothesis that "one basic dimension-K-underlies much of the field of personality" (1985, p. 445;Rushton, 2000Rushton, , 2004. For example, Lynn and Vanhanen (2006) found national IQs reliably correlated with national income (.68), adult literacy (.64), enrollment in higher education (.75), life expectancy (.77), and democratization (.57).…”

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confidence: 99%