PSY 750 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Rote Learning, Standard Deviation, The Strongest
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The genetic hypothesis: controversial - this is a very controversial area that explains differences between groups (black and white) in intelligence is inherited, arthur jenson - the strongest proponent of this position. This would be an increase in decrement of iq with age as a result of environmental deprivation: california study - first attempt to find this. Found age decrement for black children on verbal iq. Also found that overall, blacks scored about 1 standard deviation below whites: georgia study - to further test the hypothesis of a cumulative deficit he looked to find the worst environment he could. Tested children in grades k-12 in an integrated school (1/2 white, 1/2 black). Blacks were very low ses, whites were low to low middle ses. White = 102 black = 71 (b) significant age decrement in blacks but not whites in both verbal and performance iq.
