Psychology 2080A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Test Anxiety, Intellectual Disability
9 Nov 2018
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Lights go off, person beside you smells: could be endogenous: within yourself, ma(cid:455)(cid:271)e (cid:455)ou do(cid:374)"t retain as much info as your friend, maybe friend has better studying habits/methods, test anxiety. Case 2: dr. smith is a 63 year old university professor who earned a phd at 28, and has a lengthy history of publications, grants, and awards. She also was the dean of her science faulty for 10 years. Case 3: 19 year old first nations male has been charged with more than 30 counts of robbery/break and enter. Judge is trying to determine if a long jail sentence or alternative is in the best interest of this person and society: history: foster homes, grade 4 education, abuse/neglect, suspect fetal alcohol syndrome, current substance abuse. Intelligence: among the most important, studied, measured, and misunderstood constructs in psychology, there is no agreement on what intelligence is. Contemporary influences on intelligence and intelligence assessment: arthur jensen, believed intelligence was primarily genetic, burnan.
