PSYC 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Savant Syndrome, Triumvirate, Theory Of Multiple Intelligences

• School: Emory University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 111
• Professor: Kim Elizabeth

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Iq around 70 or below: have difficulty with adaptive skills, conceptual skills (literacy and calculation, social skills, including making safe social choices, practical daily living skills such as hygiene, occupational skills, and using, (cid:862)gifted(cid:374)ess(cid:863) transportation. Is not a standardized term: can refer to children with very high iqs (above 130, although some people with high iqs can seem socially delayed or withdrawn, (cid:373)ost a(cid:396)e (cid:862)su(cid:272)(cid:272)essful(cid:863) Identical twins who were raised together have about a 0. 85 similarity of intelligence scores while identical twins raised apart have about a 0. 70 similarity of difference- environment affects intelligence scores. Why: study result: blacks/ african-americans did worse on intelligence tests when reminded of their racial/ ethnic identification right before the test. Why: study result: women did worse on math tests than men, except when they are told first that women usually do as well as men on the test.