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Inheritance Of Mental Ability: Other things being equal, however, a person's mastery of language for general purposes is a reliable index to his intellectual powers (170, pp. 25-26, 1944). In fact, it has been demonstrated that verbal comprehension and word fluency is influenced by inheritance to a larger extent than any of the other primary mental abilities that have so far been isolated. Number ability seems to be more readily educable than either verbal or reasoning abilities (18, pp. 922-933,1954).
8. As an example of an excellent research article, study Cyril Burt's "The Inheritance of Mental Ability" in The American Psychologist, January 1955. Note how he first gives a brief historical survey, then raises various hypotheses and questions, and presents, with critical comments, evidence pro and con with respect to each. Note also his caution in making generalizations and drawing conclusions, and his emphasis on further research, especially intensive studies of children by psychologists and of pure strains of animals by geneticists.
In addition, man statutes require that the use of force by the d< fendant be shown. Even when the applicab' statute does not expressly include the use c force in the definition, the courts have rarel found the requisite lack of consent without proc that there was physical or mental coercion, an that this was resisted to the best of the victim ability. In considering the issue of consent, th previous reputation for chastity of the victim an her mental or physical capacity to consent als are relevant. |
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