Psychology - Chapter 9: Intelligence and IQ testing - important concepts Flashcards
What type of intelligence is used with we try to solve a puzzle we’ve never seen for the first time?
Fluid intelligence
What is used when computing IQ for adults?
Deviation IQ
People with a low level of this may have difficulty maintaining good health behaviours.
Health litteracy
IQ distribution tends to follow what type of distribution?
Bell-curve
Many advocate for the inclusion of what for intellectual disability?
Gullibility
Studies with intact families do not allow us to distinguish what?
Genes from the environment
Galton believed that intelligence was related to what?
Sensory ability
Intelligence consists of abilities to what?
- Reason abstractly
- Learn to adapt to novel environmental circumstances
- Acquire knowledge
- Benefit from experience
At high levels of environmental deprivation, the effects of ________ on intelligence may largely swamp out the effects of ________
environment
genes
What is a confound for adoption studies?
Selective placement
Environmental influences to intelligence include what?
Social environments and the biological environment
Most content that ________ influences are responsible for the Flynn effect.
Environmental
What are the possible environmental influences responsible for the Flynn effect?
1 - increased test sophistication
2 - Increased complexity of the modern world
3 - Better nutrition
4 - Changes at home and school
Do men have higher IQs, on average, than women?
no
Why can’t we use race as a basis for inferring any given person’s IQ?
1 - Science cannot answer claims of racial superiority (can determine origin of racial differences only)
2 - IQ differences between races are narrowing
3 - Variability within races > variability among races
