intelligence

Question 1

describe how intelligence is measured and identify important characteristics of assessment

Answer 1

-IQ measured formula: mental age/ chronological age x100
- Reliability: consistency of a measure: Test-retest reliability
- Validity: the extent to which a test measures what it was intended to measure, truthfulness
- standardization: to the extent to which the assessment and procedures of administering the assessment are similar, and is scored similarly for each student

Question 2

Explain how intelligence may be influenced by heredity and the environment

Answer 2

Heredity places an upper and lower limit on the IQ that can be attained by a given person
The environment is determined how a person will develop