CHYS 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Twin Study, Stereotype Threat, Social Stratification
9 Nov 2012
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Used to measure iq in adults -> psychologists use only: wisc iv. Used to measure iq in children -> only psychologists can use it: tests include both verbal and nonverbal (performance) measures. Scores at age 8 correlate with scores at age 18 (. 70) Increase or decrease; not random: environment important. Identical twins" iq correlated more than fraternal: adoption studies. Adopted children"s iq s resemble biological parents more than adopted parents. Iq and self-regulated learning: reminder: a socio-cultural perspective prioritizes importance of culture, social relations, social structure, social inequality. Given a series of pictures -> need to determine which go together (e. g. orange, cherry, knife) Diverse cultural traits: categories, time, games. Concept, style and content of iq testing commonly reflects a western cultural context. Basil bernstein: private vs. public speech: hart and risley: learning at home. 45 million words (talking, reading to them, etc) 13 million words higher class: socio-economic inequality is relevant to the skills to do with learning.
