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What are the two types of speed that are related to the cognitive way of measuring intelligence?

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Perceptual– how soon can you see x appear?

Neurological– How long does it take to get to the cortex?

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What are the three cognitive ways of measuring intelligence?

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1– Speed of processing/retrieval
2– Knowledge base
3– Ability to aquire and adapt cognitive strategies

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True or false, intelligence is a social construct

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True

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True or false, on IQ tests, males outscale females by 42 points

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True

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What year did Benais start to create a tool that would indicate who would benefit from more work?

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1910

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True or false, the SAT under predicts university success in females and over predicts it for men

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True

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When was the first standardized SAT created?

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1926

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What year was MENSA created?

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1946

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When was the Flynn effect recognized, and what does it explain?

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1984

Each generation gains 15 pts in IQ, we get increasingly smart

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What could explain the Flynn Effect?

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Drop in # of malnourishment
Advances in technology
Better schools, # of test wise children

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What is intelligence? (hint: stupid definition)

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Intelligence is what intelligence tests measure, we can estimate, but we don’t know what it is

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What does IQ measure and what are the schools of thought that go with them? (hint: 3 things)

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1– Abstract thinking (structuralism)
2– Your ability to learn (behaviourism)
3– Your ability to adapt (darwinism, functionalism)

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What does Charles Spearman have to sat about intelligence?

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g- general intellectual factor common to a lot of tasks
s- specific, specific abilities, like music and motor skills
General capacity for brain to do intellectual work

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What does Catell have to say about fluid and crystal intelligence?

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Fluid intelligence: learn new things, allows you to solve new problems declines after 35 years
Crystal intelligence: informational, verbal. Requires application of previously acquired skills. Increases as the years go by

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What does Gilford have to say about tacit knowledge?

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tacit knowledge: knowledge you accumulate on the job
Correlates with increase in: pay, prestige, work experience
think: knowledge of university

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What does Standford identify as the three types of intelligence?

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1–analytical: well defined probs= well defined answer
2–creative: insight and ability to form new ideas
3–practical: required in everyday tasks

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What are the 9 types of intelligence according to Gardner

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Linguistic, mathematical, musical, spatial, bodily, interpersonal, natural, existential, intrapersonal

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What is social intelligence?

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Ability to comprehend and manage oneself in social situations

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True or false, the industry often turns to personality tests instead of IQ tests

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True

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What is intrapersonal intelligence?

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How much you can understand your emotions and yourself

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What was Stanford Bennais’ theory of “mental age” and “chronological age” criticized for?

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It levels off at 16 years of age
There is too much emphasis on the verbal ability of children
You can only study one person at a time

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Do we like age or point scales?

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Point

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True or false, speed has been emphasized too much lately

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True

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Why do IQ tests need to be re-standardized?

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Because of changing demographics

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What are three traits of children at the upper end of the IQ scale?

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1– Precocity: Showed interest in things early on and masted them
2– Fiercely independent: marched 2 own drum
3– Urge to master

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What is the Savant syndrome?

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Did not score high on general intellectual ability, but remarkable ability in specific domains

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What has the hypothesis been about why savant syndrome happens?

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blood flow to certain hemispheres

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What is the correlation of IQ with your parents?

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+.50

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What are the two main categories of psychological testing?

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1– Mental Ability Tests (intelligence, aptitude, and achievement)
2– Personality Tests (motives, interests, and values)

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What are the three subcategories of mental ability tests?

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Intelligence- general mental ability
Aptitude- specific types of mental abilities
Achievement- gauge a person’s mastery and knowledge of various subjects

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What do personality tests measure?

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Motives, Interests, Values, and Attitudes

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What is a standardization group?

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the sample of people that the norms on a test are based on

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How is test-retest reliability estimated?

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Getting two groups of people to do two different tests, with a week or so inbetween

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What is content validity?

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The degree to which the content is representative of the domain it is supposed to cover

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What is criterion-related validity?

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an estimate which predicts performance by correlating subjects’ scores on a test with their scores on an independent measure of the trait assessed by the test

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What is construct validity?

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the extent to which there is evidence that a test measures a particular hypothetical construct (creativity, extraversion)

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True or false, content validity is crucial on classroom tests

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True

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True or false, criterion-related validity is critical when tests are used to predict performance

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True

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True or false, construct validity is critical when a test is designed to measure a hypothetical construct

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True

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What does Galton have to do with intelligence testing?

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Studied how intelligence is inherited
Coined nature vs nurture
Created interest in measuring mental ability

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What does Binet have to do with intelligence testing?

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Published first useful test of general mental ability

Focused on abstract thinking skills rather than sensation

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How does the Binet-Simon scale express a childs score?

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Mental age and chronological age

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What is Thurstone known for?

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SAT test invention

Intelligence involves multiple abilities

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What are the 7 primary mental abilities according to Thurstone?

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Word fluency, verbal comprehension, spatial ability, perceptual speed, numerical ability, inductive reasoning, and memory

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Are IQ tests reliable?

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Yes, however, interpreting test scores may cause issues

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What did Claude Steele mean by stereotype vulnerability?

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People of colour have internalized the idea that they’re not as bright and worry they’ll be thought of as inferior..
stigmas undermine accomplishments and achievements

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How does stereotype vulnerability affect IQ testing?

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It undermines investment.. causes test anxiety

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What are the two forms test anxiety can take?

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Somatic and cognitive anxiety

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True or false, we will never have a culture free IQ test

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True

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Why don’t we study wisdom?

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It’s vague
Not scientific
Domain of old age
We emphasize intelligence

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True or false, wisdom represents inner harmony

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True

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What are the 7 attributes of wisdom that we value as a society?

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Interrelatedness, resilience, empathy, humour, humility, recognition that sustained relationships can be complex , caring

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Identify the cognitive, emotional, and behaviour dimensions of wisdom

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Cognitive- irony, being able to see gems of comedy in tradgedy
Emotional- empathy
Behavioural- active caring

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Does IQ measure creativity?

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No

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What are the three characteristics of something creative?

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Original, novel, and useful

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What is the difference between divergent and convergent thinking?

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Divergent- think about all possibilities “brainstorming”

Convergent- find 1 most useful, original, and novel idea

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What did Torrins have to say about creative individuals thought process?

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They typically have divergent thinking followed by convergent

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Why are creativity scores dropping but intelligence scores rising?

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Because of the public school system.. there’s no freedom from concrete facts

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Do creativity tests have little or a lot of validity?

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Little

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True or false, cognitive flexibility is one of the keys to creativity

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True

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What are Daniel Perkins 6 dimensions of his “snowflake model” of creativity?

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Personal aethetic- order simplicity in midst of chaos
Excel at finding problems
mental mobility- use different perspectives
take risks- accept failure as part of creative process
objective- loves criticism
intrinsic motivation- doing things because you love doing them

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What are Sternberg’s 5 Dimensions of creativity?

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Expertise
Imaginative thinking skills- impose order
Venturesome- seeks new experiences 
Intrinsic motivation 
Creative environment
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How do we undermine creativity?

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By receiving the wrong type of reward

Not allowing the circumstances for children to be creative

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True or false, intelligence fosters vocational success, but the strength of the relationship is modest

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True

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Are IQ tests widely used in other cultures?

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In Western cultures, yes, in non-Western cultures, rarely

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When do IQ scores tend to stabilize?

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Around 7-9 years

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What is an intellectual disability?

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Subnormal general mental ability accompanied by defences in adaptive skills, originating before age 18

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What are the three everyday adaptive domains?

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Conceptual skills: managing money, writing a letter
Social skills: making friends
Practical skills: using transit, preparing meals

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What are the different levels of intellectual disability and what are they characterized by?

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Mild: may need help with stress, normally small issues only in school
Moderate: needs help with even mild stress
Severe: Limited speech and toilet habits
Profound: little to no speech, not toilet trained

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What is Fragile X Syndome characterized by?

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FRM Gene
Hereditary intellectual disability
Inhibitory control deficit, may activate neural activity irrelevant to tasks

70
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What causes PKU children?

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severe protein deficiency

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True or false, the vast majority of children with mild disability come from lower socioeconomic classes

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True

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True or false, Autism is often linked to savants

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True

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True or false, the psychocsocial adjustment of gifted individuals may depend in part on their level of giftedness

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True

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What is Terman known for?

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Study of gifted children

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What are the three factors that Joseph Renzulli says children with high IQ’s depend on to become eminent adults?

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High intelligence
High motivation
High creativity

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Explain Micheal Pyryts theory of the “hidden gifted”

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those who are under performing in school are not identified as gifted, therefore are not allowed the opportunities of special education

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True or false, IQs under 70 are usually diagnostic of intellectual disability

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True

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True or false, diagnosticians are unable to pinpoint a biological cause in 30-50 cases of intellectual disabilities

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True

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True or false children with an IQ of above 130 are considered gifted

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True

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Explain the drudge theory

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determination, hard work, and intensive training are key to achieving eminence

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True or false, theorists who believe that intelligence is largely inherited downplay the value of special educational programs for underprivileged children

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True

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True or false, if high intelligence appears in a family over generations, the consistency can reflect the influence of genes or shared environment

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True

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Why are identical twins more similar in intelligence than fraternal twins?

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Because in identical twins there is greater genetic similarity

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What do critics of twin studies have to say about identical twins and their IQ? What do they think affects the high correlation rates?

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Their environment, parents tend to treat identical twins more similarly.. and they’re the same sex

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What is a heritability ratio?

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an estimate of the proportion of trait variability in a population that is determined by variations in genetic inheritance

think: heritability is height 90%, heritability of weight 85%

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What are the limitations of heritability estimates?

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it’s a group statistic- cannot be applied meaningfully to an indiv.
a traits heritability can vary from one group to another
there is no single fixed value that represents any constant value for heritability of IQ or anything

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Explain the cumulative deprivation hypothesis?

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children raised in substandard circumstances should experience a gradual decline in IQ as they get older.

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What is Sandra Scarr known for?

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heredity may set certain limits on intelligence and that environmental factors determine where indiv. fall within these limits
“reaction range”

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What does the term “reaction range” mean?

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genetically determined limits on IQ (or other traits)

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What does the reaction range theory explain about intelligent children in deprived environments?

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Why high IQ children come from poor environments and vice versa

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What is Jensen known for? (2 points)

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1) intelligence is largely genetic in origin

2) genetic factors are strongly impacted as the cause of ethnic differences in intelligence

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Why is Rushton so controversial?

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because he had strong views about race and IQ

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Identify two flaws and weaknesses of the heritability explanation of ethnic differences in IQ

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a heritability estimate only applies to the specific group

they have been based on studies dominated by white subjects

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True or false, even if within-group differences in IQ are highly heritable, between-groups differences in avg IQ could still be caused entirely by environmental factors

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True

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True or false, between-groups differences in IQ do not necessarily reflect genetic differences

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True

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What are the three explanations for the culture gap in intelligence?

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Socioeconomic Disadvantage: lower class upbringing= lower IQ
Stereotype Threat: stereotype vulnerability issues 
Cultural Bias on IQ Tests: too reflective of white culture
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Who coined the term stereotype vulnerability and what does it mean?

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stereotypes of stigmatized groups’ intellectual capabilities create feelings of vulnerability in the educational system
they worry that people are blaming their failures on their race

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How does stigmatized groups’ apprehension of confirming negative stereotypes contribute to academic underachievement? (2 ways)

(Steele: Stereotype Vulnerability)

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It can undermine emotional investment in academic work (disidentifying with school because there’s not enough feedback)
IQ tests may be particularly anxiety arousing for stigmatized groups because the importance attributed to the tests makes ones stereotype vulnerability particularly salient

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What do estimates of heritability of intelligence range around?

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40-80%

100
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What 5 brain structures do Jung and Haier think that intelligence depends on?

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Brocas and wernickes area, prefrontal cortex, somatosensory association cortex, visual association cortex, and anterior cingulate

101
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True or false, greater IQ is related to increased longevity

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True

102
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What is the cognitive perspective of intelligence?

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How people USE their intelligence
process rather than amount
information processing strategies that underline intelligence

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Explain Robert Sternberg’s triarchic theory of human intelligence (cognitive perspective)

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Contextual: intelligence is a culturally defined concept
experiential: intell. behav. is defined by being able to deal with new tasks, and being able to handle familiar tasks automatically
componential subtheories: intell. thought depends on metacomponents, performance components, and knowledge comp.

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True or false, Sternberg believes that IQ tests place too much emphasis on speed

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True

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What 3 things come together to create “successful intelligence” according to Sternberg?

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creative intelligence: generate new ideas, inventive problem solving
practical intelligence: street smarts
and analytical: abstract reasoning, judgement

106
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Can all 3 components of Sternberg’s successful intelligence theory be reliably measured?

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yes

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What is emotional intelligence?

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The ability to percieve and express emotion, assimilate emotion in thought, understand, reason, and regulate emotion

108
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What emotional intelligence test has the strongest empirical foundation?

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MEIS

Multifactor Emotional Intelligence Scale

109
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Explain the criticism of the emotional intelligence concept?

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should sophistication of emotion be viewed as a form of intelligence
needs to be studied more

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True or false, modern intelligence tests place a greater emphasis on the measurement of specific mental abilities and less emphasis on Spearmans “g” than their predecessors

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True

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True or false, the distinction between fluid and crystallized intelligence is the basis for the most recent revision of the Stanford-Binet IQ test

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True

112
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True or false, research on intelligence increasingly uses a cognitive perspective (how people use their intelligence)

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True

113
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True or false, psychology evolves in a sociohistorical context

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True

114
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What is Galton known for?

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Took the position that intelligence is largely determined by heredity

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