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Professor Jensen, Meet Miss Burks.

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Goldberger, Arthur S. – 1974

This paper critically examines the portions of Arthur Jensen's books, "Genetics and Education" and "Educability and Group Differences," that concern Barbara Burks' 1928 study of adoptive families. Jensen cites the low correlations of children's IQs with measures of home environment from Burks' study as evidence that environment…

Descriptors: Adopted Children, Biological Influences, Cognitive Development, Cultural Differences