Which of the following was not a finding of a famous longitudinal study of mentally gifted persons?
A) Bright children are healthier than average children.
B) Bright children are less prone to mental illness than dull children.
C) Bright people tend to have children who are even brighter than they are.
D) Bright people do not cease to be bright when they grow older.

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The famous longitudinal study of mentally gifted persons, often associated with Lewis Terman's Genetic Studies of Genius, did not find that bright people tend to have children who are even brighter than they are. Instead, it found that intelligence tends to regress towards the mean, meaning that extremely intelligent individuals are more likely to have children who are less intelligent than they are, rather than more so.

Which of the Following Was Not a Finding of a Famous