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ERIC Number: EJ162795
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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Cumulative Deficit in IQ of Blacks in the Rural South
Jensen, Arthur R.
Developmental Psychology, 13, 3, 184-191, May 77
The cumulative deficit hypothesis with respect to age decrement in IQ between the ages of 5 and 18 was investigated in large samples of white and black school children in rural Georgia. An environmental interpretation of the age decrement in IQ found for the black sample was offered. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Black Youth, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Influences, Intelligence Quotient, Nature Nurture Controversy, Racial Differences, Siblings, Whites
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