IQ and Heredity: Suspicion of Fraud Beclouds Classic Experiment.

Wade, Nicholas

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Publication Date: 1976

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IQ and Heredity: Suspicion of Fraud Beclouds Classic Experiment

Wade, Nicholas

Science, 194, 4268, 916-919, Nov 76

Studies by the late English psychologist Cyril Burt of IQ scores of separated twins strongly suggested that intelligence was inherited. A summary of recent research costs doubt upon the validity of Burt's work. (SL)

Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Genetics, Heredity, Intelligence, Intelligence Differences, Nature Nurture Controversy, Research

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