PSYC-2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Working Memory
16 Aug 2018
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Iq distribution least amount of scores around 60 and 140. Jo = 80: makes 30,000 more per year than jo. 1 iq point = per year. Iq and income correlated at r=+. 30: more money, more prestigious job, more liked by peers, less delinquency, less mental disorders. Is intelligence more a result of genes (nature) or environment (nurture: nurture (more than nature, both equally, nature (more than nurture) If you start smart, are you smart forever. If your iq is above 100 at age 11, the chance that it will be above 100 at age 80 is 83% If these were real, representative data, is intelligence more a product of nature or nurture: nurture (more than nature, both equally, nature (more than nurture) Ide(cid:374)tical t(cid:449)i(cid:374)s ha(cid:448)e iq"s of (cid:1005)(cid:1006)(cid:1006) a(cid:374)d (cid:1005)(cid:1006)(cid:1004): same parents, same school, same environment, same genes. Exam: know how to tell the difference between nature and nurture in iq.
