PSYC 2310 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Theory Of Multiple Intelligences

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Intelligence: the ability to acquire knowledge, to think and reason effectively, and deal with the environment. Influenced by the theory of evolution developed by cousin charles darwin. Showed through study of family trees that eminence (importance rank) and genius seemed to occur across generations within certain families. Such studies made him believe people had inherited mental constitutions. His measures of nervous system efficiency proved unrelated to socially relevant measures of mental ability. The age at which an individual is performing intellectually. Interested in solving a practical problem, rather than supporting a theory. Certain children seemed unable to benefit from normal public schooling. In developing his tests, binet made 2 assumptions about intelligence. #2: the rate at which people gain mental competence is a characteristic of the person and it fairly constant over time. Used binet"s ma to develop intelligence quotient (iq): Today"s tests no longer use the concept of mental age because .

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43. Consider the following scenario: A group of psychologists are studying the genetic influence on intelligence. They find that identical twins (raised together) have a heritability coefficient of .88 and that fraternal twins (raised together) have a heritability coefficient of 42. Based solely on these findings, the psychologists can legitimately conclude that A) intelligence is entirely shaped by genetics B) intelligence is entirely shaped by the environment C) intelligence is impacted be genetics D) intelligence is not impacted by the environment E) intelligence is not at all impacted by genetics

43. Consider the following scenario: A group of psychologists are studying the genetic influence on intelligence. They find that identical twins (raised together) have a heritability coefficient of .88 and that fraternal twins (raised together) have a heritability coefficient of .42. Based solely on these findings, the psychologists can legitimately conclude that A) intelligence is entirely shaped by genetics B) intelligence is entirely shaped by the environment C) intelligence is impacted be genetics D) intelligence is not impacted by the environment E) intelligence is not at all impacted by genetics

9. Binet made two assumptions when developing his intelligence tests. His assumptions, if true, meant that A) a child who is less than competent than expected at age 5 should also be lagging at age 10 B) a child who is less than competent than expected at age 5 will show a greater tendency to be at the level of his peers by age 10 C) a child who is above average at age 5 will be leveled off by age 10 D) a child who is less than competent at age 5 has the potential for genius by age 10 E) all children should match their age appropriate level of intelligence

PSYC 2310 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Theory Of Multiple Intelligences

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