Directions: Using MS Word, answer the following questions in a minimum of 500 words total. Your document MUST be in MS Word (.doc or .docx extension).
Formatting Requirements: You must use the APA Writing Style 7th edition.
Define Intelligence. Describe the influence of nature and nurture on intelligence: what is heritability? What do twin studies tell us about the importance of genetics on intelligence? What about how children who have been adopted and how their intelligence scores relate to their biological parents?
What are some environmental influences on intelligence?
Discuss where researchers believe High Intelligence comes from. Is it Nature (biological/genetic)? Is it Nurture (the environmental factors)? Is it both or somewhere in between?
Finally, discussion the risk of socioeconomic biases in the current IQ testing tools that our society uses.
Use reliable and scholarly sources while completing the assignment (books, scholarly articles, NO websites!)
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