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Comparative intelligence and intelligent comparisons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 May 2008

R. Allen Gardner
R. Allen Gardner
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Department of Psychology and Center for Advanced Studies, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557. gardner@unr.edu
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Abstract

Sound comparative psychology and modern evolutionary and developmental biology emphasize powerful effects of developmental conditions on the expression of genetic endowment. Both demand that evolutionary theorists recognize these effects. Sound comparative psychology also demands experimental procedures that prevent experimenters from shaping the responses of human and nonhuman beings to conform to theoretical expectations.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , April 2008 , pp. 135 - 136
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Copyright ©Cambridge University Press 2008

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