{ { Infobox scientist

|name=Arthur Jensen

|birth_name = Arthur Robert Jensen

|image = Arthur Jensen Vanderbilt 2002.jpg

|caption = Arthur Jensen, 2002 at ISIR

|birth_date =

|birth_place = San Diego, California, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = Kelseyville, California, U.S. | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | fields = Educational psychology, intelligence, cognition, behavior genetics | nationality = American | workplaces = University of California, Berkeley, Editorial boards of Intelligence and Personality and Individual Differences |alma_mater = Columbia UniversitySan Diego State UniversityUniversity of California, Berkeley | thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = 1956 | doctoral_advisor = Percival Symonds | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = |known_for = Heritability of IQ, race and intelligence, g factor | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | influences = Charles Spearman, Hans Eysenck | awards = Kistler Prize (2003), ISIR Lifetime Achievement Award (2006) | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = | spouse = Barbara Jensen }} Arthur Robert Jensen (August 24, 1923 – October 22, 2012) was an American psychologist and writer. He was a professor of educational psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. Jensen was known for his work in psychometrics and differential psychology. He was the author of over 400 scientific papers published in refereed journals. He sat on the editorial boards of the scientific journals Intelligence and Personality and Individual Differences''.

Jensen was controversial. He said that race affected IQ. A 2019 study found him to be the most controversial intelligence researcher.

Arthur Jensen

Jensen died on October 22, 2012 at his home in Kelseyville, California at age 89.

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1923 births

2012 deaths

American psychologists

University of California, Berkeley faculty

Writers from San Diego, California

Scientists from San Diego, California

Arthur Jensen