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Peer reviewedSegal, Nancy L. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2000
Virtual twins are unrelated siblings of the same age who are reared together from early infancy (UST-SA). Study uses a sample of 90 UST-SA pairs to comparatively assess the similarity of IQ subtest profile correlations for UST-SAs and twin pairs. Findings support explanatory models of intelligence that include genetic factors, demonstrating that…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Environmental Influences, Family Environment, Intellectual Development
