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Kanazawa, Satoshi – American Psychologist, 2010
This article seeks to unify two subfields of psychology that have hitherto stood separately: evolutionary psychology and intelligence research/differential psychology. I suggest that general intelligence may simultaneously be an evolved adaptation and an individual-difference variable. Tooby and Cosmides's (1990a) notion of random quantitative…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Personality Traits, Evolution, Biology
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Nehm, Ross H.; Kim, Sun Young; Sheppard, Keith – Science Education, 2009
Despite considerable focus on evolution knowledge-belief relationships, little research has targeted populations with strong content backgrounds, such as undergraduate degrees in biology. This study (1) measured precertified biology and non-biology teachers' (n = 167) knowledge of evolution and the nature of science; (2) quantified teacher…
Descriptors: Evolution, Teacher Characteristics, Scientific Principles, Knowledge Level
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Wilson, James A. – Reports of the National Center for Science Education, 2001
Investigates students' scientific views of evolution for both science majors and non-science majors by considering their background, including gender, age, major, academic standing, and hometown. (YDS)
Descriptors: Background, Biology, Creationism, Evolution