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level: Level 4 Individual Differences in Intelligence

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level questions: Level 4 Individual Differences in Intelligence

QuestionAnswer
Nature: (regarding children)Identical twins’ intelligence together correlate 0.90 Identical twins’ reared separately correlate 0.72 Fraternal twins’ together 0.60 Fraternal twins’ separately 0.50 Siblings reared apart 0.25 Adopted children’s intelligence is more similar to biological rather than adoptive parents
Nurture: (regarding children)As adopted children grow, their intelligence comes closer to adoptive parents Children adopted from disadvantaged into higher socio-economic status homes show large increase in intelligence Deprivation lowers while good nutrition, family and school increase intelligence
Mental and Chronological Age(Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon) (1908)
Mental Age:measure of person’s intellectual development relative to age group
Chronological Age:biological Age from birth
Intelligence Quotient(Willian Stern) (1912) IQ = MA/CA 100
Normal CurveMost scores fall in middle range, only few have very high or very low scores The frequency distribution makes a bell-shaped curve, called the normal curve 100 – Mean IQ score 90-110 – Normal Intelligence <70 – Intellectually Disabled >130 – Intellectually Gifted
AAMD definitionAmerican Association on Mental Deficiency
intellectual disabilitysignificantly subaverage general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behaviour and manifested during the developmental period”.
Classification of people based on IQ55 to 70 – Mild: can function independently 35-40 to 50-55 – Moderate: lag behind in language and motor skills, need moderate degree of supervision 20-25 to 35-40 – Severe Below 20-25 – Profound: incapable of managing their lives and need constant care
Intellectual Giftedness - person and yearLewis Terman (1925)
giftedness and talentGiftedness refers to exceptional general ability and superior performance in wide variety of areas Talent is a narrower term, refers to remarkable ability in a specific field, highly talented are prodigies
important characteristics of giftedness (7)Advanced logical thinking, questioning, problem solving High speed in processing information Superior generalisation and discrimination ability Advanced original and creative thinking High intrinsic motivation and self-esteem Independent and non-conformist thinking Preference for solitary academic activities for long periods