PSYCO105 Lecture 6: Sept. 20

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCO105
• Professor: Davina Rousell

Document Summary

Intelligence: the ability to acquire knowledge, to think and reason e ectively, and to deal adaptively with the environment. Natural intelligence: measure of a child"s aptitude for learning independent of prior educational achievement. 1905 binet-simon scale: the scale of thirty tasks of increasing di culty. Intellectual development: progresses at variable rates, in uenced by environment, not solely genetics, malleable not xed. Race: all humans have genome sequences that are 99. 9% identical, race has no genetic scienti c basis, variation has more to do with geography than genetics, social construct with real life implications. Deviation iq: a statistic obtained by dividing a person"s test score by the average test score of people in the same age group and then multiplying the quotient by 100. Does not allow comparisons between people of di erent ages. Ratio iq: a statistic obtained by dividing a person"s mental age by the person"s physical age and then multiplying the quotient by 100.