PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Twin

• School: UTSC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYA02H3
• Professor: Donald Kyle Danielson

Document Summary

Intelligence: the ability to learn or understand, or to deal with new or challenging situations, the a(cid:271)ility to apply k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge to (cid:373)a(cid:374)ipulate o(cid:374)e"s e(cid:374)(cid:448)iro(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, the ability to think abstractly as a measured by objective criteria. Intelligence predicts: academic success, economic success, occupational success. Intelligence predicts success on standardized tests, which are often used as gatekeepers. In this sense, the effects of intelligence are self- perpetuating. Iq score are more similar between identical than between fraternal twins. Iq score of adopted children are more similar to their biological parents. Iq score positively correlated with protective factors (high parental involvement, stimulating physical environment. Iq scores negatively correlated with risk factors (low ses, low maternal education, etc. )