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Peer reviewedKamin, Leon J. – Psychological Bulletin, 1980
This article reviews sex studies of children of cousin marriages and three studies of children of incestuous matings. It is argued that these studies, taken as a whole, provide no substantial evidence for an inbreeding depression effect within the polygenic system commonly asserted to determine IQ. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Children, Genetics, Heredity, Intelligence
Peer reviewedMiller, M. Sammy – Journal of Negro Education, 1976
Briefly reviews the content and impact of Arthur R. Jensen's 1969 Harvard Educational Review (HER) article How Much Can We Boost IQ and Scholastic Achievement, noting that "the reaction stirred by this article" in the subsequent issues of HER "was sharp." Among the critics were J. M. V. Hunt, Jerome Kagan, David Elkind, while Carl Bereiter, James…
Descriptors: Blacks, Educational Research, Intelligence, Intelligence Differences
Peer reviewedCarroll, John B. – Intelligence, 1978
Recent studies are examined for methodological adequacy in establishing dimensions of individual differences in information-processing abilities, and the theoretical problems involved in inferring psychological processes from individual difference dimensions. Methodological inadequacies include use of small samples, questionable procedures in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Individual Differences, Intelligence Differences
Glickman, Judith R. – 1976
Sex difference research has been plagued with a myriad of problems,. Specifically, intelligence testing, if dependent on measurement of spatial or verbal proficiency, may not be an accurate indicator of native ability. Similarly, infrequent replication of studies, studies that only include subjects of one sex yet imply sex differences, and poor…
Descriptors: Achievement, Behavior Development, Behavioral Science Research, Cultural Influences
Peer reviewedDenno, Deborah – Adolescence, 1982
Some specific intellectual abilities show consistent sex differences which vary in degree according to types of tests and samples examined. Reviews the empirical support for these differences, as well as the methodological difficulties, data and sampling limitations, interpretative biases, and contradictory results of much of the sex-difference…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Analysis of Variance, Intelligence Differences, Literature Reviews
Download full textShuell, Thomas J.
This overview of recent research on individual differences especially concerns that research which relates to human learning and instruction. Several major areas of research are identified, and within each area various issues related to that area and representative studies are discussed. Whenever possible, references to more comprehensive reviews…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests
