How Are Children's IQ Scores Associated with the Quality of Their

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Essay

How are children's IQ scores associated with the quality of their family environment? Do these associations necessarily indicate a causal link between the quality of the family environment and IQ? Answer this question in terms of the three processes Scarr has proposed to account for gene-environment relations. Be sure to give specific examples of each process to support your position.

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Definitions:

Numeric Ages

Refers to the actual number of years that have passed since a particular geological event or the formation of a rock.

Landslide

The sudden and rapid movement of a large amount of earth material, such as rock and soil, downslope due to gravity.

Unconformity

A surface of erosion or non-deposition that separates younger strata from older rocks, indicating a gap in the geologic record.

Conglomerate

A conglomerate is a coarse-grained sedimentary rock composed of rounded fragments larger than 2 mm in diameter, embedded in a matrix of finer particles and cement.