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Peer reviewedLoehlin, John C.; And Others – Intelligence, 1994
Correlations on subscales of Wechsler intelligence quotient tests and the Revised Beta Examination were obtained for biologically related and unrelated individuals in 181 adoptive families in the Texas Adoption Project. Generally higher correlations for biologically related individuals support the importance of genetic influence in intellectual…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoption, Cognitive Ability, Correlation
Scarr, Sandra – 1979
The effects of family background on adolescents' IQ, aptitude, and school achievement test scores challenge some of the usual beliefs about the fairness of achievement rather than IQ tests, and the role of genetic differences among individuals and social class groups in academic achievements. Subjects included 115 adoptive families with adolescent…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Adolescents, Adopted Children
