After collecting questionnaire data from 200 fellow scientists,Galton stated that the potential for high intelligence was inherited but that it must be nurtured by a proper environment,thus beginning:

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Galton's statement about the influence of both nature (inheritance) and nurture (environment) on intelligence sparked the nature-nurture controversy, which continues to be a hotly debated topic in psychology and other fields. The eugenics movement and government subsidization of marriages of the intelligent were separate movements inspired by Galton's work but were not directly related to his statement about nature and nurture. Identical twin studies also emerged later as a way to explore the relative contributions of nature and nurture to various traits, but they were not directly linked to Galton's questionnaire data.

After Collecting Questionnaire Data from 200 Fellow Scientists,Galton Stated That