Intelligence, Heredity and Environment

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Part I. The Nature-Nurture Question: New Advances in Behavior-Genetic Research on Intelligence:
1. Behavior genetics and socialization theories of intelligence: truce and reconciliation S. Scarr
2. The puzzle of nongenetic variance A. R. Jensen
3. Identifying genes for cognitive abilities and disabilities R. Plomin
4. Heredity, environment, and IQ in the Texas Adoption Project J. C. Loehlin et al.
5. IQ similarity in twins reared apart: findings and responses to critics T. J. Bouchard
Part II. Novel Theoretical Perspectives on the Genes and Culture Controversy:
6. The invalid separation of effects of nature and nurture: lessons from animal experimentation D. Wahlsten and G. Gottlieb
7. Between nature and nurture: the role of human agency in the epigenesis of intelligence T. R. Bidell and K. W. Fischer
8. A third perspective: the symbol systems approach H. Gardner and T. Hatch
9. A cultural psychology perspective on intelligence J. G. Miller
10. A bio-ecological model of intellectual development: moving beyond h2 S. J. Ceci et al.
11. An interactionist perspective on the genesis of intelligence E. W. Gordon and M. P. Lemons
Part III. Specific Issues in the Nature-Nurture Controversy:
12. Educating intelligence: infusing the Triarchic theory into school instruction R. J. Sternberg
13. Raising IQ level by vitamin and mineral supplementation H. J. Eysenck and S. J. Schoenthaler
14. The resolution of the nature-nurture controversy by Russian psychology: culturally biased or culturally Specific? E. L. Grigorenko and T. V. Korilova
15. The emerging horizontal dimension of practical intelligence: polycontextuality and boundary crossing in complex work activities Y. Engestrom et al.
16. Cognitive development from infancy to middle childhood Stacey S. Cherney et al.
17. Intelligence, language, nature, and nurture in young twins J. S. Reznick
18. Sources of individual differences in infant social cognition: cognitive and affective aspects of self and other S. Pipp et al.
Part IV. Integration and Conclusions:
19. Conclusions E. Hunt
20. Unresolved questions and future directions in behavior genetics studies of intelligence I. Waldman.

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