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Peer reviewedVelandia, Wilson; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1978
According to confluence theory, a child is helped or hindered in intellectual development according to the average absolute intelligence (mental age) in the family when the child is born. An analysis of test scores, family information, and socioeconomic data of 36,000 college applicants in Colombia failed to support this theory. (Author/CP)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Birth Order, College Bound Students, Developing Nations
