>>13384212Human intelligence is highly heritable.
>http://www.nature.com/mp/journal/v16/n10/abs/mp201185a.htmlIntelligence has a 40-50% genetic basis.
>http://articles.latimes.com/2011/aug/10/news/la-heb-genetic-study-intelligence-20110809Stereotype effect explains a just “small to medium” amount of group differences in IQ.
A meta-analysis concludes that stereotype threat predicts 3.3 IQ points of group differences in intelligence.
There is pervasive publication bias in research claiming that “stereotype threat” is responsible for group differences in intelligence.
When corrected for publishing biases, the impact of stereotype threat is statistically indistinguishable from zero.
>http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022440514000831IQ scores are the best predictor of success in Western society.
IQ is 75% heritable among Whites.
>http://psychology.uwo.ca/faculty/rushtonpdfs/PPPL1.pdf#page=2The heritability of IQ reaches .8 (80%) in later adulthood.
Intelligence “is one of the best predictors of important life outcomes such as education, occupation, mental and physical health and illness, and mortality.”
Intelligence is the most important trait for marriage.
Heritability of IQ increases throughout life (except for very old age).
>http://www.nature.com/mp/journal/v20/n1/full/mp2014105a.html