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Personality and IQ score variation in a Cambridge undergraduate sample

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

C. G. N. Mascie-Taylor ,
A. M. Maclarnon  and
P. M. Lanigan
C. G. N. Mascie-Taylor
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Anthropology, University of Cambridge
A. M. Maclarnon
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Anthropology, University of Cambridge
P. M. Lanigan
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Anthropology, University of Cambridge
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Summary

This study, using an undergraduate sample, examines the relationship between ten independent variables and their interactions, on two IQ components and sixteen personality factors. There was a highly significant relationship between both IQ components and subject studied at university, and between the verbal IQ component and birth order. A relationship between smoking habit and personality was also found.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , October 1983 , pp. 501 - 508
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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