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scmd1
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Date: October 22, 2018 02:09AM
Lot's Wife Wrote:
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> That doesn't seem intuitively obvious to me. Can
> you provide research or flesh out your argument a
> bit?
https://www.123test.com/is-intelligence-hereditary/https://www.thecut.com/2017/05/genetics-intelligence.htmlHere are a couple of studies indicating that a sizable portion of intelligence is genetically determined. Gullibility, on the other hand, is more subjective. That's just my own take on it.
I completed only the required number of clerkship rotations in psych and neurology, but the school of thought from the profs and attendings was that there's not so much a parent can do to improve upon one's genetic predisposition for intelligence but a great deal that a parent can do both prenatally and neonatally to make things worse for the poor kid. One can never discount the value of great pre- and post-natal environments for a child, however.
I hope I added this before you responded again, LW.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/22/2018 02:16AM by scmd1.