Asa Janney wrote:
>
> Bryan:
>
> Couldn't you test your first possibility --
>
> > 1. Adults have a much higher absolute IQ than kids (i.e., kids' IQs are
> > age-adjusted, adults' IQs are not), so they are smart enough to
> > recognize the indirect effects of their behavior.
>
> -- by checking whether adults with lower IQs exhibit less cooperative
> behavior? Is there any evidence of this?
Sure. Most obviously, violent criminals are markedly below average in
IQ. About 1 SD, if I recall correctly.
> Yours,
> Asa
>
> --
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> -- Thomas Paine, The Crisis
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