PSYC12H3 Lecture Notes - Twin, Eminem, Psychometrics
Document Summary
Psychometrics: measuring the mind: sats - cognitive, subject tests - cognitive. Identity threat: collective representation, situational cues, personal characteristics. Data shows the increased performance of men vs. women in different stages of life, the difference between male and female math performance, there is a difference favoring men and boys. Change in iq between blacks and whites. High correlation between parent iq and child iq. Iq of identical twins is highly related, more than fraternal. Iq of identical twins reared apart is highly related. Iq of adopted children is related to iq of biological mother, less related to iq of adopted mother. Iq of identical twins reared apart is less related than iq of identical twins reared together. Iq of fraternal twins is more strongly related than iq of regular siblings: they have the same exact levels of genetic overlap but environment different. Iq of adopted children is more similar than unrelated individuals reared apart.
