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ERIC Number: EJ412184
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Home Environment and Cognitive Ability of 7-Year-Old Children in the Colorado Adoption Project: Genetic and Environmental Etiologies.
Coon, Hilary; And Others
Developmental Psychology, v26 n3 p459-68 May 1990
Study results indicate that correlations between measures of the home environment and children's intelligence quotient at 7 years of age are often mediated genetically. Among 153 adoptive and 136 nonadoptive families, such correlations were generally lower in adoptive families than in nonadoptive families. (RH)
Descriptors: Adoption, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis, Comprehension, Family Environment, Intelligence Quotient, Nature Nurture Controversy, Nuclear Family, Research Methodology, Thinking Skills, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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