PSYC 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: The Bell Curve, Twin, Intelligence Quotient
61
PSYC 102 Full Course Notes
Verified Note
61 documents
Document Summary
What does an iq score mean: strong correlation with real-life outcomes (school grades), moderate correlations (job performance, law abidingness) Profession: professors, medical doctors and those in the natural sciences score higher relative to other professions lifespan: below avg iq = earlier death . Political ideology: liberalism is associated with higher iq, relative to conservatism sexual partners: higher iq has been associated with lower sex drive and a smaller number of sexual partners. The bell curve: extremely controversial; overly reductionist, emphasis on genetics, determinism, racism accusations . Nature: genetics identical twins: iq scores of identical twins high correlated fraternal twins: iq scores moderately correlated siblings: iq scores moderately correlated. Adoption studies: iq scores often more comparable to that of their biological parents rather than adoptive parents . Degree of relation: further and further a relative is to you, smaller the iq.
