Parent-Offspring Resemblance for Cognitive Abilities in the Colorado Adoption Project: Biological, Adoptive, and Control Parents and One-Year-Old Children.

DeFries, J. C.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ260803

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Publication Date: 1981

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Parent-Offspring Resemblance for Cognitive Abilities in the Colorado Adoption Project: Biological, Adoptive, and Control Parents and One-Year-Old Children.

DeFries, J. C.; And Others

Intelligence, v5 n3 p245-77 Jul-Sep 1981

Results from the Colorado Adoption Project, a longitudinal study initiated in 1975, are reported. The cognitive ability of parents and measures of one-year olds' mental development were significantly correlated for all three parent/child comparisons. Caldwell's HOME Responsibility measure was correlated with infant intelligence in adoptive and control families. (Author/RD)

Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adults, Cognitive Measurement, Correlation, Family Environment, Infants, Intelligence, Intelligence Differences, Intelligence Tests, Longitudinal Studies, Nature Nurture Controversy, Parent Child Relationship

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Home Observation for Measurement of Environment; Bayley Scales of Infant Development

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