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Loehlin, John C. – American Psychologist, 1997
Argues against the presence of dysgenic trends for IQ on the basis of absence of change in the differences between various groups. Illustrates this with an example of the numbers of children born to Black and to White women at different educational levels. Discusses the effects, mechanisms, and implications of dysgenesis for IQ. (MMU)
Descriptors: Blacks, Children, Females, Genetics

Rushton, J. Philippe – Intelligence, 1989
Genetic influence was estimated on Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children subtests from inbreeding depression scores calculated on cousin marriages in Japan (n=1,854 children) and correlated with American Black-White racial differences. The genetic contribution of racial differences in cognitive performance may be more robust than was previously…
Descriptors: Black Students, Children, Cognitive Ability, Genetics
Baughman, E. Earl; Dahlstrom, W. Grant – 1968
Literature relative to the economically disadvantaged and their personal characteristics has, to a great extent, centered on urban dwellers in recent years. The research reported in this book grew out of the belief that the impoverished in the rural areas no less than those in the city deserve serious attention. The research involved utilized…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Black Youth, Children
Grubb, Henry Jefferson – 1983
The basic tenet of this paper is that the difference between black and white children on IQ measures is not due to genetics but describes the cultural distance between the two groups. The cultural distance approach is described as an amalgam of the environmental and social psychology points of view. It holds that any subculture operating according…
Descriptors: Blacks, Change Strategies, Children, Cross Cultural Studies