Week 5

Question 1

What did Francis Galton state

Answer 1

People with physical abilities have more mental capabilities

Question 2

What is differential psychology

Answer 2

Investigation of differences in physical, personality, and intellectual traits

Question 3

What is the deviation IQ

Answer 3

Comparing a persons test score to the mean at those at their age

Question 4

What is intelligence

Answer 4

The ability for one to solve problems, learn and adapt from an experience, and can only be evaluated indirectly

Question 5

Is there a correlation between brain size and intelligence

Answer 5

Yes

Question 6

What is the location of intelligence and the location of the highest levels of thinking, respectively

Answer 6

The frontal lobes and the prefrontal cortex

Question 7

What contributes to brain size and intelligence

Answer 7

Heredity and environment

Question 8

What are the two theories of intelligence

Answer 8

1) Intelligence is very broad or general

2) Intelligence consists of distinct abilities

Question 9

What is factor analysis

Answer 9

A statistical method of assessing patterns of correlations in order to identify mathematically defined factors

Question 10

What is step one of factor analysis

Answer 10

Collect data in the form of a set of personality measures

Question 11

What is step two of factor analysis

Answer 11

The scores of each adjective are correlated with the scores of each other adjective

Question 12

What is step three of factor analysis

Answer 12

The researcher identifies the factor that best account for the observed patterns of correlations

Question 13

What is step four of factor analysis

Answer 13

Label the factor, which could be subjective

Question 14

What is Carroll’s hierarchal theory of intelligence

Answer 14

On the outside are broad abilities of intelligence, and on the inside are more narrow abilities

Question 15

What did Gardner do

Answer 15

Used existing research to make 9 types of intelligence and schools should foster all 9 types of intelligence

Question 16

What is an intellectual disability

Answer 16

When an individual has low IQ, and difficulty adapting to the demands of everyday life

Question 17

What is organic intellectual disability

Answer 17

Genetic disorders that lead to intellectual disability

Question 18

What is cultural-familial intellectual disability

Answer 18

Resulting from growing up in a below average intellectual environment

Question 19

How is someone deemed as gifted

Answer 19

Having an IQ score of 130 or higher, meaning high intelligence

Question 20

What are gifted programs

Answer 20

Programs in school systems that select kids with more academic success

Question 21

What are the characteristic of gifted children

Answer 21

They need minimal help from others and go about solving problems on their own in unique ways, and have a passion to master things

Question 22

What is the idea of eugenics

Answer 22

Encouraging people who are superior to reproduce while preventing people who are inferior to reproduce

Question 23

What did Carl Brigham admit

Answer 23

That mistakes were made in assuming lower IQs of immigrants because the test had cultural implications

Question 24

What is nature

Answer 24

A persons biological inheritence

Question 25

What is nurture

Answer 25

The entire set of environmental conditions to which someone is exposed

Question 26

What is heritability

Answer 26

The degree to which variation can be attributed to genetics (measured with the heritability coefficient 0-1)

Question 27

What is environmentality

Answer 27

Proportion of variance that arises from the environment (1-heritability coefficient)

Question 28

How does an openness to experiences relate to IQ

Answer 28

It leads to higher IQ

Question 29

How does occupation relate to IQ

Answer 29

Handling a great deal of information and doing different things leads to higher intellectual flexibility