PSY 1102 Lecture 8: Lecture 8

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

Document Summary

Organization and quality of brain is more important. Human geniuses come in all different shapes and sizes. Brain function and iq: higher iq means higher processing, brain waves are father and more complex, less glucose consumption means higher iq, higher the iq means the brain is more efficient. Twin studies, adoption studies, heritability proves genetic connection. Stereotypes: when a stereotype is activated, it effects performants. If it is a bad stereotype, then it is a stereotype threat: vise versa is stereotype lift. Mindset: what you believe about learning and intelligence. Iq had a raising steadily: better nutrition, health, medical care, schooling, complex word. Digital dementia: cognitive deterioration due to reliance on technology, mimics brain trauma and injury. Babies: no difference in white, black babies or racially mixed babies. Gender differences: no general difference, some sub-sections are different (men are more special, woman is more verbal) Essential point: smallest difference in between groups, but the biggest difference is within a group.