lecture 7 part 3

Question 1

what accounts for the flynn effect

Answer 1

environment change, test change, test sophistication

Question 2

People have gotten used to taking tests

Answer 2

there could be a practice effect. Evidence suggests practice effects on IQ tests may account for an increase of up to 5 IQ points

Question 3

the flynn effect applies to

Answer 3

all regions of the world

Question 4

how has education affected the flynn effect

Answer 4

Years of schooling have increased

• Recent changes in the type of schooling
• From rote learning to problem-oriented.
• Teaching more abstract, conceptual skills

Question 5

what is the multiplier effect

Answer 5

Many small causes combine to make a change that is greater
than their sum

Question 6

has moral progress contributed to IQ gains

Answer 6

Flynn suggests moral progress over the past hundred years
may have contributed to IQ gains

Question 7

subtests most affected by the flynn effect

Answer 7

Similarities, Block Design, Pictoral
subtests, and Vocabulary and ravins matrices

Question 8

why are these subtests affected so greatly

Answer 8

tend to be g loaded, indicating they reflect
improvements in complex cognitive skills more than “true intelligence

Question 9

The idea that g and intelligence are related is supported by

Answer 9

tasks that are increasingly cognitively complex have higher g loading

Question 10

The Flynn effect is the strongest demonstration that

Answer 10

IQ tests are open to environmental change

Question 11

were people from 1900s intellectually disabled

Answer 11

no, they did lack skills
related to abstract thinking, categorization, language skills, and they were not as good at taking tests

Question 12

American Head start program

Answer 12

• Its “failure” used to argue that IQ is inherited and little affected by environment.
• Although expensive, the intervention was small in terms of hours in the program
• It does have a short term effects on IQ but this effect fades away

Question 13

Effective compensatory education programs can have

Answer 13

long term effect
on achievement and school performance

Question 14

Effective compensatory education programs also demonstrate how

Answer 14

education may have been a factor behind the Flynn effect

Question 15

studies showing that adopted parents’ SES has an
effect on

Answer 15

the adopted children’s IQ, But many suffer from selective placement etc

Question 16

Duyme et al, 1999

Answer 16

looked at 4 year old children who were removed from their homes and placed with adoptive parents of different classes. parents and children’s genes were not correlated. There was an effect of SES.