PSY 12000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Peter Salovey, Down Syndrome, Nootropic
11 Dec 2018
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Fluid intelligence - ability to see abstract relationships and draw logical inferences. 2 crystalized intelligence - the ability to retain and use knowledge that was acquired through experience. Emotional intelligence - the ability to reason about our emotions and to use emotions to enhance reasoning. (john mayer and peter salovey) Where does intelligence come from: genetic influences. Fraternal twins - dizygotic twins - two different eggs and two different sperms. Identical - monozygotic twins - one single egg, fertilized by one sperm and the egg split into 2. Iq"s of identical twins strongly correlated (r = . 86) -> raised in same household - iq"s strongly correlated (r = . 78) -> raised in different household. Age - intelligence changes over time, increases between adolescents and middle aged and declines after that. Economics - (ses- socioeconomic status) high ses rather than a low one, is worth between a 12-18 point difference in iq. Education - environmental factor that can increase intelligence.
