The independent prediction of general intelligence by elementary cognitive tasks: genetic and environmental influences.

doi:10.1007/BF02359891

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The independent prediction of general intelligence by elementary cognitive tasks: genetic and environmental influences.

Behavior genetics - 1 Mar 1996

Petrill S A, Luo D, Thompson L A, Detterman D K

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Current theories of intelligence have, in some cases, begun to include elementary cognitive tasks. Behavioral genetic studies of intelligence have not taken these theories into account. The current study includes 135 MZ and 128 DZ twin pairs from the Western Reserve Twin Project. The 11 WISC-R su...

Topics

Adolescent
Child
Female
Humans
Intelligence
Male
Phenotype
Psychometrics
Social Environment
Twins
Twins, Dizygotic
Twins, Monozygotic
Wechsler Scales

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