Malleability

Intelligence has historically been conceptualized as a more or less fixed trait. This view perceives intelligence as something people are born with, and the function of development is to allow this genetic endowment to express itself.

A number of investigators have taken the approach that intelligence is highly heritable, transmitted through the genes. Other investigators believe that intelligence is minimally heritable, if at all. Most authorities take an intermediate position.

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