Genetic Basis Of Intelligence

Question 0

What is intelligence influenced from?

Answer 0

Both nature & nurture

Question 1

What is intelligence?

Answer 1

Persons ability to learn and remember, recognises concepts and relations & applies the info to their own behaviour (Carlsen & Buskist 1997)

Question 2

What is nature?

Answer 2

Inheritance

Question 3

What is nurture?

Answer 3

Experience

Question 4

The case study for nature & nurture, 1997?

Answer 4

Sternberg

Question 5

(Henderson 1982) adapted what?

Answer 5

Correlations in intelligence between people of different genetic relatedness

Question 6

Twin & adoption studies measured their intelligence to find out what?

Answer 6

to see how alike they are

Question 7

A figure of 1.0 indicates what?

Answer 7

Total similarity

Question 8

A figure of 0 indicates what?

Answer 8

No similarity

Question 9

For fraternal twins is the correlation lower of higher?

Answer 9

Lower

Question 10

What was Scarr & Weinberg 1978 case studies aim?

Answer 10

To compare specific intellectual abilities- arithmetic, vocab& picture arrangement