VARIABLES ASSOCIATED WITH SOCIAL CLASS DIFFERENCES IN THE INTELLIGENCE OF YOUNG CHILDREN

Although disagreement still exists over the relative contribu- tions to intelligence of heredity and environment, must authors agree that the mode of action of the latter and the interaction be- tween them are more important research issues than the question of which predominates. It is scarcely disputed that the influence of the physical and social environment is important. The means by which its influence is accomplished needs considerable clarifica- tion if remedial efforts, short of the complete abolition of social inequality, are to be effective. Hunt (1961) and Anashsi (1965) have bobh argued persuasively that efforts to resolve the nature- nurture conflict are less useful than are efforts to determine the mediators of the effect of the child's environment upon his intel- lectual development.