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PYC4805 - Assignment 2 Critically discuss the influence of genetic influences (heredity) and the home environment on individual and group differences in intelligence (IQ). Mark 81

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Intelligence is one of the most debated topics in psychology because of its complexity. There is a long-standing debate on how nature (heredity) and nurture (environment) influence intelligence and if intelligence tests are biased and inaccurate measures of the mental abilities of certain ethnic mi...

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Assignment topic: Critically discuss the influence of genetic influences (heredity) and the home environment
on individual and group differences in intelligence (IQ).

, Contents
1. Introduction............................................................................................................................................ 3
2. Genetics ................................................................................................................................................ 3
Twin studies .............................................................................................................................................. 3
3. Environment .......................................................................................................................................... 4
Shared environmental influences .............................................................................................................. 4
Nonshared environmental influences ........................................................................................................ 4
Adoption studies ....................................................................................................................................... 5
Communication styles ............................................................................................................................... 6
Socioeconomic differences ....................................................................................................................... 6
Cultural influences .................................................................................................................................... 7
Stereotypes and test bias .......................................................................................................................... 7
4. Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................ 8
Bibliography.................................................................................................................................................. 8




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