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Preface | p. vii |
A Brief History and Overview of the Project | p. 1 |
Why Carry Out (or Read about) an Adoption Study? | |
Previous Adoption Studies | |
The Texas Adoption Project-Beginnings | |
Some Characteristics of the Sample | |
Studies in the Texas Adoption Project-Chronological Sequence | |
Summary and Look Ahead | |
Intellectual Abilities in the Texas Adoption Project | p. 19 |
About the Presentation of Results in this Book | |
Intelligence and Intelligence Tests | |
Evidence about Heredity and Environment from Comparisons of Means | |
Evidence about Heredity and Environment from Family Correlations | |
More Specialized Aspects of Intelligence | |
Personality in the Texas Adoption Project | p. 59 |
Personality Measures Used in the TAP | |
The Rating Composites | |
The Cattell Scales | |
The CPI and the TTS in the Separate Mail Study | |
The MMPI | |
Personality Change | |
Achievement, Adjustment, Outcomes | p. 95 |
Academic Achievement | |
Psychopathology and Problem Behavior | |
Occupation | |
Personal Relationships | |
Maturity and Happiness | |
Factors Related to Outcomes | |
Summary and Conclusions | p. 141 |
The Story so Far | |
What We Learned in the TAP | |
Four Families | |
Some Limitations of Adoption Studies | |
Some Implications of the Texas Adoption Project | |
Final Comments | |
Appendices | p. 167 |
Initial Letter to Families | p. 167 |
Rating Scales | p. 169 |
IQ Test Details | p. 177 |
Details on Self-Ratings | p. 183 |
Modeling of Selection | p. 185 |
Glossary | p. 193 |
References | p. 197 |
Index | p. 203 |
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