The Milwaukee project: Preventing mental retardation in children at risk

How People Make Their Own Environments: A Theory of Genotype Environment Effects

Sandra Scarr, Kathleen McCartney · Child Development · 1983 · 2.8K citations

Life Sciences, Human Development, Psychology +17

Why are children in the same family so different from one another?

Robert Plomin, Denise Daniels · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 1987 · 1.4K citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Psychology +13

The Influence of "Family Background" on Intellectual Attainment

Sandra Scarr, Richard A. Weinberg · American Sociological Review · 1978 · 375 citations

Social Sciences, Genetics, Psychology +17

IQ test performance of Black children adopted by White families.

Sandra Scarr, Richard A. Weinberg · American Psychologist · 1976 · 333 citations

Education, Educational Measurement, Human Development +7

Constructing psychology: Making facts and fables for our times.

Sandra Scarr · American Psychologist · 1985 · 316 citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +4