Cumulative Deficit in IQ of Blacks in the Rural South.

Jensen, Arthur R.

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ERIC Number: EJ162795

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Publication Date: 1977

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Cumulative Deficit in IQ of Blacks in the Rural South

Jensen, Arthur R.

Developmental Psychology, 13, 3, 184-191, May 77

The cumulative deficit hypothesis with respect to age decrement in IQ between the ages of 5 and 18 was investigated in large samples of white and black school children in rural Georgia. An environmental interpretation of the age decrement in IQ found for the black sample was offered. (Author/JMB)

Descriptors: Black Youth, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Influences, Intelligence Quotient, Nature Nurture Controversy, Racial Differences, Siblings, Whites

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