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[Science Daily]

["A chimpanzee's intelligence is largely determined by its genes, while environmental factors may be less important than scientists previously thought, according to a Georgia State University research study" (Georgia State, 2014). The findings show that they are some cognitive abilities as well as mental abilities. Dr. William Hopkins says, "Intelligence runs in families" (Georgia State, 2014). If Dr. Hopkins theory is correct, then intelligence is in our DNA. "Genes are segments of DNA located on the rod-shaped structures called chromosomes" (Wood, Wood, Boyd, 2011). Dr. Hopkins states, "The suggestion here is that genes play a really important role in their performance on tasks while non-genetic factors didn't seem to explain a lot. So that's new" (Georgia State). Dr. Hopkins has study human intelligence and "is among the first to address heritability in cognitive abilities in nonhuman primates; but in humans, social and environmental factors also play a role of intelligence" (Georgia State, 2014). If Dr. Hopkins' studies are found to be true, then "cognitive processes, such as thinking, problem solving, remembering and forming mental representations" (Wood, Wood, Boyd, 2011) would explain that in humans social and environmental factors plays a role in human intelligence. Which Dr. Hopkins states that chimpanzees "do not have these additional socio-cultural influences" (Georgia State, 2014).] It could be said that, "Human studies are "fuzzy" sciences, but they are still science" (Barrett's Laws).

References: [Georgia State University. (2014, July 10). Chimp intelligence 'runs in families,' environment less important. ScienceDaily. Retrieved July 12, 2014 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140710130550.htm

Wood, Samuel E., Ellen R. Green. Wood, and Denise Roberts. Boyd. //Mastering the World of Psychology//. Fourth ed. Boston: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2011. Print.

Barrett, Matthew. Barrett's Laws for a Scientific Mindset.]

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