Re:Autism as a Disorder of High Intelligence
by nwah1 on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @04:04PM
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One idea that I ran across is that as SES rises, genetic contributions to success start to become the greatest factors.
Low SES environments are likely to cause malnourishment and other problems that cause people to fail to live up to their potential.
Thus, genetic explanations for inequality are more plausible among populations of high SES.
The summary is that it's pretty clear that among higher SES families IQ is more than 50% genetic (but environment still plays a very large role). However, many studies indicate that among lower SES families, environment is the dominant factor.
There's still conflicting evidence here though, because there are some studies that indicate that SES has little impact on IQ heritability. The argument is that SES has a much greater on the heritability of IQ in children than on that of adults.