PSY 202 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Lewis Terman, Robert Sternberg, Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence
11 Jan 2019
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Iq scores aren"t fixed and occasionally shift by as much as 10 points. Iqs have a strong correlation at predicting academic success (still more to success than iq) In a population iq scores are distributed in a bell curve. Intellectual disability defined by 3 things: onset prior to adulthood. Identical twins have the same gene but have a correlation less than 1. 0 meaning that environmental factors play a role ibn iq: adoption studies have established a clear contribution of the environment to iq. Iq tests are biased against certain groups and in favour of others: the test predicts outcomes better in one group than another. Chapter 10: human development: developmental psychology is the study of how behaviour changes over the lifespan, things that occur first don"t necessarily cause things that come later (post-hoc fallacy) Infant reacts to mom"s departure with indifference and shows little reaction upon return. Incentive theories propose that we"re often motivated by positive goals.
