http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2012/10/08/the-situation-of-the-47-percent/ Fri, 24 May 2013 09:25:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2012/10/08/the-situation-of-the-47-percent/#comment-58489 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:46:06 +0000 http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/?p=18934#comment-58489 [...] The Situation of the 53 Percent « The Situationist – via thesituationist.wordpress.com – What the researchers found was striking. Among high-SES children, genes were strongly predictive of age-related increases in cognitive ability. In other words, children from relatively well-to-do families performed better or worse depending on their genes. These kids developed up to their intrinsic potential. Yet at the lowest levels of SES, genetic variation wasn’t related to cognitive development at all. This means that, if you’re poor, even having the right stuff doesn’t guarantee good developmental outcomes.This research indicates that poor environments limit children’s opportunity to develop aptitudes that they are, in a sense, genetically “destined” to acquire. Like a good seed planted in poor soil, even the best equipped of us cannot be expected to thrive in impoverished circumstances. This, in a nutshell, is Mr. Obama’s theory of success. [...]

]]> http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2012/10/08/the-situation-of-the-47-percent/#comment-34051 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 04:12:23 +0000 http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/?p=18934#comment-34051 [...] The Situation of the 53 Percent « The Situationist – via thesituationist.wordpress.com – What the researchers found was striking. Among high-SES children, genes were strongly predictive of age-related increases in cognitive ability. In other words, children from relatively well-to-do families performed better or worse depending on their genes. These kids developed up to their intrinsic potential. Yet at the lowest levels of SES, genetic variation wasn’t related to cognitive development at all. This means that, if you’re poor, even having the right stuff doesn’t guarantee good developmental outcomes.This research indicates that poor environments limit children’s opportunity to develop aptitudes that they are, in a sense, genetically “destined” to acquire. Like a good seed planted in poor soil, even the best equipped of us cannot be expected to thrive in impoverished circumstances. This, in a nutshell, is Mr. Obama’s theory of success. [...]

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