M40 Reading Check

Heritability relates to the...

• percentage of a person's intelligence that is due to environmental influences.

• percentage of a person's intelligence that is due to genetics.

• correlation of intelligence test scores among family members.

• extent to which variability among individuals' intelligence scores can be attributed to genetic variation.

• genetic stability of intelligence over time.

There is a greater correlation between the IQ scores of identical twins raised together than for fraternal twins raised together. What conclusion can be drawn from this data?

• There is no significant hereditary contribution to intelligence.

• There is no significant environmental contribution to intelligence.

• There is no significant genetic or environmental effect on intelligence.

• There is a genetic effect on intelligence.

• There is an environmental effect on intelligence.

College grades are the criterion for the ________ of college entrance exams.

• heritability

• reliability

• standardization

• predictive validity

• none of the above

Which of the following is true of the mental similarities between adoptive children and their adoptive parents over time?

• Adoptive children become much more similar to their adoptive parents over time.

• Adoptive children become slightly more similar to their adoptive parents over time.

• There is hardly any similarity when the adoptive children are young or when they are older.

• Adoptive children become slightly less similar to their adoptive parents over time.

• Adoptive children become much less similar to their adoptive parents over time.

According to Carol Dweck, students are often hampered by a 'fixed mindset.' This means they believe...

• intelligence is biologically set and unchangeable.

• it is never good to change your mind once it is made up.

• Intelligence is changable.

• they have already done everything they can to improve.

• problems can only be solved in a particular way.

What are 2 ways poverty can affect intelligence in children? Think biologically, psychologically, and socially.