| Description |
xii, 545 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Genetics and intelligence : Genetics and the development of intelligence -- Unknowns in the IQ equation -- An evolutionary perspective on infant intelligence: species patterns and individual variations -- Race and IQ : IQ test performance of black children adopted by white families : Comments and replies / John Werner, David Lane, Ajit Mohanty, Robert C. Nichols, Quinn McNemar, Sandra Scarr, Richard A. Weinberg, Chester W. Odin, Jr. and W. Scott MacDonald -- Absence of a relationship between degree of white ancestry and intellectual skills within a black population : Comments and replies / Brandon S. Centerwall, Sandra Scarr, A. J. Pakstis, S. H. Katz, and W. B. Barker -- Race, social class, and IQ : Comments and replies / Robyn M. Dawes, Lee Willerman, N. O. Calloway, Ruth Hubbard, William T. Powers, H. J. Eysenck, David W. Shucard, Sandra Scarr-Salapatek, Gordon Allen, Karen D. Pettigrew, L. Erlenmeyer-Kimling, Samuel E. Stern, L. J. Eaves, J. L. Links, M. Schwartz, J. Schwartz, and T. Dobzhansky -- The effects of family background: a study of cognitive differences among black and white twins -- Social class and individual variation : Intellectual similarities within families of both adopted and biological children : Comments and replies / Robert Plomin, Sandra Scarr and Richard A. Weinberg -- The influence of "family background" on intellectual attainment : Comments and replies / Marcia Whicker Taylor, Sandra Scarr and Richard A. Weinberg -- The transmission of authoritarianism in families: genetic resemblance in social-political attitudes? -- Conclusions and implications : Testing minority children: why, how, and with what effects? -- From evolution to Larry P., or what shall we do about IQ tests? -- Commentaries : Commentary / Leon J. Kamin -- Obstacles, problems, and pitfalls in differential psychology / Arthur R. Jensen : A reply to some of professor Jensen's commentary / Sandra Scarr -- Having the last word / Sandra Scarr. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and indexes. |
| Subject |
Intelligence levels -- Social aspects.
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Race.
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Social classes.
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Ethnopsychology.
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Nature and nurture.
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Individual differences.
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Ethnopsychology.
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Socioeconomic Factors.
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| ISBN |
0898590558 |
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