Role of Heridity and Environment in determining intelligence? long answers
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Today, researchers generally agree that heredity and environment have an interactive influence on intelligence. ... Heredity places an upper and lower limit on the IQ that can be attained by a given person. The environment determines where within these limits the person's IQ will lie.
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Hereditary Influences
Evidence for hereditary influences on intelligence comes from the following observations:
Family studies show that intelligence tends to run in families.
Twin studies show a higher correlation between identical twins in IQ than between fraternal twins. This holds true even when identical twins reared apart are compared to fraternal twins reared together.
Adoption studies show that adopted children somewhat resemble their biological parents in intelligence.
Family studies, twin studies, and adoption studies, however, are not without problems. See pages 36-–38 for more information about the drawbacks of such studies.