CHYS 2P35 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Fragile X Syndrome, Toxoplasmosis, Depth Perception
15 Jan 2016
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Weschler"s intelligence scale for children (wisc iii) Weschler"s adult intelligence scale (wais - iii) Historically thought to be a stable trait same iq at age 8 and age. 25 (different questions because standardized differently, born with some kind of capacity) Intelligence isn"t learned (something that comes to you) not the case always. Iq 15 is one standard deviation, 100 is average. Huge changes in iq as much as 20pts (iq changes in the teen years frontal lobe development, things happening biologically) London cab drivers study measured iq on different subsets of those who were going to be cap drivers, have to fast/problem solving (cab drivers had thicker grey matter after the 2 years, better for problem solving. Diet lower in fat, sugar, and processed food correlated with an iq score up to 5 pts higher. 717 children living in urban (lower ses, safety etc) and suburban neighborhoods. Urban significant decline in iq between 6-11.
