Word: iq
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...addition to the police version of Hines' story, which included his escape in a car, two of the three victims identified him at a preliminary hearing. The trouble is that Hines, who had never been in trouble before, has a mental age of six years and an IQ in the 30s. Says his father, Richard Hines: "They had Tommy driving a car. That boy can't even ride a bicycle...
...that the signs of this prophecy are already unmistakable. With nothing to look forward to, the children indulge in delusions of a glorious future. Says a psychologist: "We have illiterate seven-year-olds who say they are going to be doctors." At a São Paulo orphanage, the IQ of the youngsters ranges between 50 and 70; in the U.S., people with such scores are classified as mentally retarded. Says Irna Marilia Kaden, director of Rio's child welfare agency: "A person with psychological disorders and mental impairment, a sick person-a sick, fragile population-cannot...
...advocated test-tube selection of the offspring's sex, though only to reduce such sex-linked diseases as hemophilia. Politician Abse fears that "we are moving to a time when an embryo purchaser could select in advance the color of the baby's eyes and its probable IQ...
...enemy interrogation. One study showed that those who will be "fighters" tend to be sports-oriented, sarcastic and spontaneous. Recruits who will probably be "nonfighters" have more financial responsibilities, have a less stable home life, and are more anxious and prone to depression. Another finding: the mean IQ for "fighters" was 91, for "nonfighters" only...
...been abused, abandoned or neglected by their natural parents. In their book Children in Foster Care, Fanshel and Shinn report that youngsters who were never visited by their real parents in the foster homes showed greater emotional turmoil than those who were, as well as some declines in their IQ scores. But children who were seen at least occasionally by their real parents seemed far less troubled in their new settings. Conclude the researchers: "It is better for the child to have to cope with real parents who are obviously flawed ... than to reckon with fantasy parents who play...