PSYC 100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Mental Age, Normal Distribution, Theory Of Multiple Intelligences

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Prof.

Document Summary

Recessive traits occur only when the individual is homozygous for: heterozygous: 2 different alleles on both chromosomes of the pair. Dominant traits are show when the individual is heterozygous for the trait the trait: genotype is the genetic makeup of a trait, phenotype: how the trait is expressed. More a trait influenced by genetic factors = greater heritability. Studying behavioural genetics: mendelian traits show dominant or recessive patterns of inheritance, non-mendelian traits are usually polygenic and show continuous variation in the phenotype. Intelligence is a person"s ability to: lean and remember information, recognize concepts and their relations, apply information to their own behaviour. Obtained norms (average scores) for each tests: binet revised the tests to asses both children with and without learning disabilities. Mental age: the level of intelligence expected for an average child of a particular age: stanford-binet: a formula for computing intelligence quotient (iq, ratio iq: mental age/chronological age x 100.