PSYCH 2410 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Practical Reason, Social Skills, Klinik
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Measuring intelligence: iq scores, intelligence scores reflect performance on the test relative to other children of the same age, facts, 1. One of the most stable of all human traits: . 67 correlations between iq ages 5 & 15, even higher for tests taken close together, even higher for tests taken when older (than when younger, 2. Social skills, etc: all these factors influence academic, economic, and occupational success, environmental influences on iq, family, 1. Home scores (home observation for measurement of the environment: measures quality of home environment, correlate highly with iq scores at 4. 5 years, correlate highly with school achievement, good predictor of iq, 2. Are they attributable to genetics: social-class backgrounds, the differences are smaller, but still there when you look within a social class, facts to keep in mind, 1. Differences between ethnic groups are only differences in.
