Unit 62- The Dynamics of intelligence Flashcards
What does cohort mean
Same group of people
What is crystallized intelligence?
Our accumulated knowledge as reflected in vocabulary and analogies tests that tends to increase with age
What is fluid intelligence?
Our ability to reason speedily and abstractly, as when solving novel logic problems, tends to decrease with age
What is intellectual disability?
It is indicated by an intelligence score of 70 or below and the person has difficulty adapting to the normal demands of independent living
What is Down Syndrome?
A condition of mild to severe intellectual disability and it caused by an extra chromosome 21 in a person’s genetic makeup.
The _________ of intelligence scores increases with age
stability
Cross sectional studies compare people of what?
compare people of different ages
Longitudinal studies retest who?
retest the same cohort over a period of years
