Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Is Intelligence Genetic or Not?


There are numerous studies being conducted today to answer a question that most of the normal population has never thought about. The question whether or not intelligence is inherited and if intelligence is influenced genetically? Some agree that intelligence is genetically influenced, while others disagree saying genetics play almost no role in level of intelligence. Those who say there is no genetic connection claim that environment and available resources play the biggest part in a person’s intelligence. More or less it comes down to the infamous debate of nature versus nurture.
The following will discuss some of the experiments that are being conducted to answer such a question and results from prior experiments that have been conducted. Also this report will discuss some of the statistical influence that nurture has on the level of intelligence. The main focus of this article is to give information making people more conscious of the subject.

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