PSY 202 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Working Memory, Heritability, Cadency
14 Mar 2017
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Psy 202 chapter 9 exam notes: bi(cid:374)et a(cid:374)d i(cid:373)o(cid:374)"s p(cid:396)o(cid:272)ess (cid:396)elied o(cid:374) (cid:396)easo(cid:374)i(cid:374)g, u(cid:374)de(cid:396)sta(cid:374)di(cid:374)g, a(cid:374)d judge(cid:373)e(cid:374)t. Intelligence test: measures overall thinking ability: abstract thinking: capacity to understand hypothetical concepts, general intelligence (g): overall difference in intellect among people, account for correlations. Logico-mathematical: using math, spatial, thinking using 3d objects, musical, perform/understand/enjoy music, bodily, use body in many ways. Influenced by genetic factors: environmental influence within twins, mental age: age corresponding to performance on intelligence test. Iq is fixed: take fewer academic risks, give up when they fail. The euge(cid:374)i(cid:272)s (cid:373)o(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t sta(cid:396)ted i(cid:374) the (cid:1005)9(cid:1006)(cid:1004)"s (cid:449)he(cid:374) the house of co(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374)s passed a la(cid:449) that (cid:396)est(cid:396)i(cid:272)ts immigrants from countries supposedly marked by low iq from reproducing. Iq test that was not written in their main language which resulted in 40% of those tested to be (cid:862)i(cid:374)telle(cid:272)tuall(cid:455) disa(cid:271)led(cid:863). Due to those results there as a major panic that resulted in a forcible sterilization to prevent any of the intellectually disabled people to reproduce.
