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Peer reviewedClark, C. – Oxford Review of Education, 1976
The purpose of this paper is to clarify some of the conceptual issues involved in discussions of psychology and education which rely on the assumption that biological factors serve as a basis or are responsible for human intelligence. (Author/ND)
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Cognitive Development, Developmental Psychology, Heredity
Download full textZigler, Edward – 1968
Areas of agreement and disagreement concerning intellectual developmental and the problems of mental retardation espoused by the author and by Uzgiris are discussed in this paper. The importance of environmental factors, along with the genetic and/or constitutional nature of the organism on which these environmental events impinge, is seen as…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Biological Influences, Cognitive Development, Cultural Differences
Jensen, Arthur R. – 1970
We need to find out the extent to which individual differences, social class differences and race differences in rates of cognitive development, and differential patterns of relative strength and weakness are attributable to genetically conditioned biological growth factors. The answers to this question might imply differences in our approach to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biological Influences, Black Achievement, Cognitive Development
Anastasi, Anne – 1973
Much of our thinking about contemporary social problems reflects tacit presuppositions regarding the operation of heredity and environment in human behavior. These beliefs have important implications for practical decisions. Advances in genetics, psychology, anthropology, and other disciplines have contributed much to a clarification of the…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Problems, Biological Influences, Cognitive Development
Cancro, Robert, Ed. – 1971
This book on the genetic and environmental influences on intelligence is comprised of the following papers: "The Structure of Intelligence in Relation to the Nature-Nurture Controversy," R. B. Cattell; "Theory of Intelligence," L. G. Humphreys; "Using Measured Intelligence Intelligently," P. R. Merrifield; "Intelligence: Definition, Theory, and…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Cognitive Development, Cultural Influences, Environmental Influences
Goldberger, Arthur S. – 1974
This paper critically examines the portions of Arthur Jensen's books, "Genetics and Education" and "Educability and Group Differences," that concern Barbara Burks' 1928 study of adoptive families. Jensen cites the low correlations of children's IQs with measures of home environment from Burks' study as evidence that environment…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Biological Influences, Cognitive Development, Cultural Differences
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1973
Robert L. Thorndike was awarded the Educational Testing Service (ETS) Measurement Award at the 1972 ETS Invitational Conference. In "Heredity, Environment, and Class or Ethnic Differences," J. McV. Hunt addressed several fundamental questions pertaining to the hereditary and environmental influences of the observed social class and ethnic…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Tests, Awards, Biological Influences
