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X-Linkage of Spatial Ability: A Critical Review.
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Boles, David B. – Child Development, 1980
Critically reviews literature relevant to the hypothesis that a major X-linked gene determines spatial ability in man. It is concluded that belief in the validity of the hypothesis is unfounded. (Author/SS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Genetics, Heredity, Nature Nurture Controversy
Human Behavioral Genetics, Scarr's Theory, and Her Views on Interventions: A Critical Review and Commentary on Their Implications for African American Children.
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Jackson, Jacquelyne Faye – Child Development, 1993
Key components of human behavioral genetics and Sandra Scarr's work of the past two decades are critically reviewed based on scholarship in animal neuropsychology and clinical and educational psychology. Scarr's opinion that interventions to enhance intellectual development are ineffectual for children from abuse- and neglect-free backgrounds is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Animal Behavior, Blacks, Children
The Average Expectable Environment Is Not Good Enough: A Response to Scarr.
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Baumrind, Diana – Child Development, 1993
Takes the position, contrary to that of Sandra Scarr, that the details of socialization patterns are crucial to an understanding of normal and deviant development. Research is cited to support the argument that better than adequate parenting optimizes the development of both normal and vulnerable children and that parents' belief in their own…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Cultural Differences, Family Environment