Thomas J. Bouchard, Jr.
Professor Emeritus
N234 Elliott (612) 626-7656
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-mailbouch001@umn.edu.
Selected Publications
www.psychspace.com心理学空间网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.
