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ERIC Number: EJ284294
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983-Apr
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Environmental Effects on Intelligence: The Forgotten Realm of Discontinuous Nonshared Within-Family Factors
McCall, Robert B.
Child Development, v54 n2 p408-15 Apr 1983
Argues that nonshared within-family environmental variation is a major influence on general mental performance. Data are presented from longitudinal studies revealing that intraindividual variation over age in IQ accounts for as much or more variability than has been estimated to be the nonshared within-family environmental variability in IQ. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Children, Family Influence, Individual Development, Intelligence Quotient, Longitudinal Studies, Performance Factors
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Discontinuity