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Donald I. Templer was[1] a retired American psychologist best known for ideas on race and intelligence, and his association with the white nationalist group American Renaissance. He was formerly a professor of psychology at Alliant International UniversityinFresno, California.[2]

Education and career[edit]

Templer received his Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky in 1967.[3] He was a professor of psychology at Alliant International UniversityinFresno, California.[2]

Research[edit]

Death Anxiety Scale[edit]

Templer developed the Death Anxiety Scale, the best-known scale used to measure death anxiety, in 1970.[4][5]

Race and intelligence[edit]

Templer's most recent studies focused on race and intelligence and he spoke on the subject at white nationalist American Renaissance conferences.[2] Templer and Hiroko Arikawa argued in a 2006 study that colder climates favor higher IQs because it is more difficult to live in such areas.[6][7] Templer described "race realists" as modern-day Galileos, and argued that the compensated sterilization of welfare recipients would be cost saving, and prevent "burdens" on society.[2]

Retraction of 2012 article[edit]

On 17 June 2020, publisher Elsevier announced it was retracting an article that Templer and J. Philippe Rushton had published in 2012 in the Elsevier journal Personality and Individual Differences.[1][8] The article claimed that there was scientific evidence that skin color was related to aggression and sexuality in humans.[9][10]

Penis size[edit]

In 2002, he published the book Is Size Important?, which focuses on variations in human penis size and preferences for penises of certain sizes. He appeared on the Howard Stern Show to discuss this subject in 2007, where Stern referred to him as "Dr. Penis".[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Rushton, J. Philippe; Templer, Donald I. (1 July 2012). "RETRACTED: Do pigmentation and the melanocortin system modulate aggression and sexuality in humans as they do in other animals?". Personality and Individual Differences. 53 (1): 4–8. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2012.02.015. ISSN 0191-8869. (Retracted, see doi:10.1016/j.paid.2021.110726,  Retraction Watch. If this is an intentional citation to a retracted paper, please replace {{retracted|...}} with {{retracted|...|intentional=yes}}.)
  • ^ a b c d Sussman, Robert Wald (11 October 2014). "America's virulent racists: The sick ideas and perverted "science" of the American Renaissance Foundation". The Myth of Race. Retrieved 8 August 2016 – via Salon.com.
  • ^ Beshai, J. A. (1 June 2007). "Dialogue with Donald Templer". OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying. 54 (4): 337–349. doi:10.2190/U341-87P1-2T58-2M2Q. PMID 18186427. S2CID 145565995.
  • ^ Templer, Donald I. (1 April 1970). "The Construction and Validation of a Death Anxiety Scale". The Journal of General Psychology. 82 (2): 165–177. doi:10.1080/00221309.1970.9920634. ISSN 0022-1309. PMID 4394812.
  • ^ Neimeyer, Robert A. (2015). Death Anxiety Handbook: Research, Instrumentation, And Application. Taylor & Francis. p. 32. ISBN 9781317763673.
  • ^ Eppig, Christopher (6 September 2011). "Why Is Average IQ Higher in Some Places?". Scientific American. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  • ^ Templer, Donald I.; Arikawa, Hiroko (March 2006). "Temperature, skin color, per capita income, and IQ: An international perspective". Intelligence. 34 (2): 121–139. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.174.945. doi:10.1016/j.intell.2005.04.002.
  • ^ "Personality and Individual Differences Retracts Rushton and Templer Article". Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  • ^ "Elsevier journal to retract 2012 paper widely derided as racist". 17 June 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  • ^ Personality and Individual Differences Retracts Rushton and Templer Article. Elsevier. 2020.
  • ^ Keenan, Tom (13 December 2007). "Does Size Matter?". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 3 November 2017.

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