PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Genomics, Gene Knockout

• School: UTSC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYA02H3
• Professor: Steve Joordens

Document Summary

Iq: a measure of intelligence computed using a standardized test and calculated by taking a person"s mental age, dividing it by his chronological age and then multiplying by 100: raven"s progressive matrices: an intelligence test that is based on pictures, not words, thus making it relatively unaffected by language or cultural background, stereotype threat: occurs when negative stereotypes about a group cause group members to underperform on ability tests, entity theory: the belief that intelligence is a fixed characteristic and relatively difficult (or impossible to change)