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Taylor, Lorne J.; Skanes, Graham R. – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1976
Concludes that if abilities are examined in terms of the experiences children undergo in any culture, it is apparent that there are few dumb children if they are classified from the perspective of the community of adaptation. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Environmental Influences

Sanday, Peggy R. – Human Organization, 1972
An analysis, supported by recently published data, which suggests that IQ differences between groups may be explained by environmental factors. (Author/FF)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Environmental Influences, Genetics, Intelligence
Vandenberg, Steven G.; Johnson, Ronald C. – 1966
Ronald C. Johnson argued that if early environmental stimulation or deprivation has a significant effect on intellectual ability, then individuals who are genetically identical and who are exposed to a common early environment should resemble one another more closely in IQ than similar individuals who have not shared a common environment. Johnson…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Early Experience, Environmental Influences, Family Influence
Attitudes of Slum Dwellers and Suburbanites Toward Blue-Collar Occupations and Vocational Education.
Gilliland, Hugh Ronald – 1967
The study sought to: (1) ascertain the attitudes of educators, students, and parents in slum, suburban, and cross-sectional areas, toward blue-collar occupations and vocational education, (2) identify significant differences between attitudes of groups with union and non-union backgrounds, and (3) identify any existing relationship between general…
Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, Comparative Analysis, Doctoral Dissertations, Environmental Influences
Ellison, Robert L.; And Others – 1970
The identification of talent, and the understanding of its development and origins in terms of biographical data were investigated. The three central objectives were: to construct separate empirical procedures for Anglos and Blacks to predict certain academic performance criteria; to construct an empirical scoring procedure that could predict…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, College Admission, Comparative Analysis