TEST 3: Intelligence

Question 1

Describe how intelligence is measured

Answer 1

psychological assessment: the use of specified procedures to elevate the abilities, behaviors, and personal qualities of people
(abilities=intelligence, personal qualities=personality)

Question 2

Explain how intelligence may be influenced by hereditary and environment

Answer 2

-Impoverished environment leads to a negative correlation between IQ and age (IQ decreases as age increases)
-Enriched environment can increase IQ (Flynn Effect: IQ increases 3-5 points every 10 years)

Question 3

Twin studies

Answer 3

-MZ (identical) and DZ (fraternal, share 50% of genes)
-MZ twins that are raised in different environments have a correlation of +0.75

Question 4

Adoption studies

Answer 4

-Adoptive mom and child (nurture, no genes) has correlation of +0.16

Question 5

Identify important characteristics of assessment

Answer 5

Reliability: the consistency of a measure
Validity: the truthfulness of a measure
Standardization: able to compare same-aged peers (10 year old’s with other 10 year old’s)