Galton, Terman, Cox: The Distinctive Volume II in Genetic Studies of Genius

Autor:	Dean Keith Simonton
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	Longitudinal study Intellectual development Intelligence quotient Galton's problem Developmental and Educational Psychology Genetic Studies of Genius Cognition Racial differences Early childhood Psychology Education Developmental psychology
Zdroj:	Gifted Child Quarterly. 64:275-284
ISSN:	1934-9041 0016-9862
DOI:	10.1177/0016986220921360
Popis:	With just one exception, all of the volumes in Terman’s Genetic Studies of Genius report the results of a longitudinal study of more than a thousand intellectually gifted children. That single exception is Volume II, Cox’s single-authored The Early Mental Traits of Three Hundred Geniuses, which instead was a retrospective study of 301 eminent creators and leaders, using historiometric methods to estimate their IQs (as well as to assess a subset of 100 on 67 character traits). This article discusses how this volume actually fits with the other four volumes in the set. After giving the historical background, discussion turns to the emergence of Cox’s doctoral dissertation. Then comes a narrative of the aftermath, including subsequent contributions by Cox, Terman, and numerous other researchers extending into the 21st century. The article closes by treating the ways that the intellectually gifted and the historic geniuses are not comparable, thus indicating the need for more recent replications and extensions of her work.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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