PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Heritability, Mathematical Puzzle

• School: University at Buffalo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 101
• Professor: Quinton Wendy

Document Summary

General intelligence: a broad intellectual ability, ex. Spearman"s g - high in general ability: can be summarized by a single iq score. Sternberg"s triarchic theory: analytic- analyze, compare, evaluate, practical-apply, use, do, creative- create, design, invent. Is intelligence the result of genetics or is it the environment: longstanding controversy- nature vs. nurture. One way to study- compare twins with non-twins. Identical twins reared together---- correlation of iq scores . 85. Identical twins reared (not raised together) apart-----correlation of iq scores . 71. Adopted siblings, reared together---- correlation of . 32.