Thomas J. Bouchard, Jr. Professor N243 Elliott (612) 626-8268 bouch001@umn.edu Education Ph.D., 1966, University of California at Berkeley

Statement of Interests

Prof. Bouchard (now semi-retired) is Director of the Minnesota Center for Twin and Adoption Research. The primary research project being carried out under the auspices of the center was the Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart (MISTRA). The study had two parts. The first part involved a week long medical and psychological assessment of identical (monozygotic) and fraternal (dizygotic) twins separated early in life and reared apart. Spouses participate in the study when it is possible for them to participate (if they agree to participate and the study had the funds to bring them to Minnesota). The psychological part of the assessment included multiple measures of personality, mental abilities, values, psychological interests, psychomotor skills, reading, spelling, writing, and a variety of miscellaneous psychological tests (Stroop Color Word Test, Barron-Welsh Art Scale, Morningness-Eveningness Scale, etc.). The medical assessment includes a psychiatric interview (Diagnostic Interview Schedule) a medical life history interview, a standard blood battery, blood for zygosity testing, wearing a 24 hour heart monitor and detailed dental and periodontal examinations. The study began in 1979 and was completed in 2000. The center continues to be engaged in data analysis. Copies of center publications can be obtained from Prof. Bouchard by e-mail bouch001@umn.edu.

Selected Publications

Bouchard, T. J., Jr. (2009a). Authoritarianism, Religiousness and Conservatism: Is "Obedience to Authority" the explanation for their clustering, universality and evolution? . In E. Voland & W. Schiefenhövel (Eds.), The Biological Evolution of Religious Mind and Behaviour (pp. 165-180). Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London, New York: Springer.

Bouchard, T. J., Jr. (2009b). Strong Inference: A Strategy for Advancing Psychological Science. In K. McCartney & R. Weinberg (Eds.), Experience and Development: A Festschrift in honor of Sandra Wood Scarr. London: Taylor and Francis.

Johnson, W., Nijenhuis, J. T., & Bouchard, T. J., Jr. (2008). Still just 1 g: Consistent results from five test batteries. Intelligence, 36, 81-95.

Bouchard, T. J., Jr. (2007). Genes and human psychological traits. In P. Carruthers, S. Laurence & S. Stich (Eds.), The innate mind: Foundations for the future (Vol. 3). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Johnson, W., te Nijenhuis, J., & Bouchard, T. J., Jr. (2007). Replication of the hierarchical visua-perceptual-image rotation model in de Wolff and Buiten's (1963) battery of 46 tests of mental ability. Intelligence, 35, 69-81.

Johnson, W., Bouchard, T. J., Jr., McGue, M., Segal, N. L., Tellegen, A., Keyes, M., et al. (2007). Genetic and environmental influences on the Verbal-Perceptual-Image Rotation (VPR) model of the structure of mental abilities in the Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart. Intelligence, 35, 542-562.