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| The ability to apply/share information. |
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| Name 2 examples of IQ tests |
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| Stanford - Binet & Wechsler Scales |
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| Discuss the historical context of the Stanford-Binet IQ test. |
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| was first develped to help measure children; became popular around WWI to categorize soldiers (who would be given more responsibility, etc.) |
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| What are the limitations of the Stanford-Binet IQ test? |
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| only used to test people ages 2-24, and only measure reasoning |
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| What are the benefits of the Wechsler Scales IQ test? |
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| can test all ages; tests performance on tasks |
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| What are concerns about IQ tests? |
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| cultural fairness; how are they used/interpreted? (Who's seeing he scores... teachers/employers? Are they putting un-due importance on the scores?) |
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| What was Sir Frances Galton known for? |
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| the study of "good genes" |
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| How popular was the idea of Eugenics historically? |
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| Fairly popular.. idea was obviously not just centralized to a few "wackos". |
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| We tend as a population to go back to the average. |
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| What is the outcome of intelligence testing in twin/adoption studies? |
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| MZ twins raised together - .86, DZ twins raised together - .60, MZ twins raised apart - .72 |
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| What do the twin/adoption studies suggest? |
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| Genetics play a fairly powerful role on intelligence. |
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| What IQ differences were shown through testing of stratified societies (societies with different social classes)? |
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| IQ's tended to differ based on race in stratified societies; unstratified societies (ex: Germany), didn't see the IQ differences based on race |
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| What did the testing of stratified societies suggest about IQ & environment? |
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| There is definitely some influence of society/environment on IQ scores. |
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