PSYC 100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Neural Adaptation, Social Desirability Bias, Dsm-5

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Daryl Wilson

Document Summary

Week 1: explain what intelligence is and how it is measured, iq tests. Identify some of the controversies surrounding intelligence testing. The degree to which the variability of a particular trait in a particular pop"n is a result of genetic differences among those organisms. It increases with age because as you get older, environment plays a lesser role as more genes become expressed: discuss the heritability of intelligence and explain why heritability. Poor minorities often place in a s sp-ed class: define the concept of (cid:498)g(cid:499). If people have a high g level, they tend to be good at a lot of things seems to increase with age: describe the three neural correlates of intelligence. Efficiency- the less activation of your brain the better (multi-tasking) Adaptation- people with high cognitive abilities show greater neural adaptation when faced with changing demands compared to individuals with lower intellectual abilities: explain what mental shortcuts are, using examples.