PSY BEH 101D Lecture Notes - Lecture 63: Psy, Verbal Memory, Salthouse
17 Dec 2019
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In the u. s. , african american & latino children score below children from non-latino white children in standardized iq tests. As african americans have gained social, economic, and educational opportunities, the gap between african americans and non-latino whites on standardized tests has begun to narrow. This gap is considerably narrow in college. When children from disadvantaged black families are adopted into more advantaged middle-ses families, their scores more closely resemble national averages for middle-ses children than for lower-ses children. Page 253 for review on this section (1) development of intelligence. Strong relation between iq scores obtained at the ages of 6, 8, and. Intelligence in adulthood decline in middle adulthood: cross-sectional study assesses individuals of different ages at the same point in time, longitudinal study same individuals are studied over a period of time. Verbal comprehension: ability to understand ideas expressed in words. Verbal memory: ability to encode and recall meaningful language units, such as a list of words.
