The Origin of Intelligence

What did Charles Darwin believe about intelligence?

• Intelligence is entirely determined by education and environment.

• Intelligence is innate and evolved over time.

• Intelligence is not related to natural selection.

• Intelligence is a fixed trait that cannot change.

According to the passage, what is heritability?

• A measure of the proportion of observed differences in a trait due to genetics.

• The ability to learn and adapt behavior from experience.

• The correlation between parents' intelligence and their children's intelligence.

• A fixed level of intelligence determined at birth.

What did the 2014 study of chimpanzees find about intelligence?

• Intelligence is not inheritable in chimpanzees.

• General intelligence, spatial memory, and communication ability are inheritable.

• Chimpanzees' intelligence is solely determined by their environment.

• There is no correlation between intelligence and genetics in chimpanzees.

What is the Flynn Effect?

• The steady increase in IQ scores around the world at an average rate of 3 IQ points each decade.

• The belief that intelligence is fixed at birth and cannot change.

• The correlation between socioeconomic status and intelligence.

• The idea that intelligence is solely determined by genetics.

What does the passage suggest about the relationship between socioeconomic status and intelligence?

• Socioeconomic status has no effect on intelligence.

• Higher socioeconomic status can improve intelligence.

• Intelligence is solely determined by genetics, regardless of socioeconomic status.

• Socioeconomic status only affects intelligence in impoverished environments.

What does the passage imply about the potential for intelligence to change over time?

• Intelligence is fixed at birth and cannot change.

• The brain is malleable and can develop over time, allowing intelligence to change.

• Intelligence is solely determined by genetics and cannot be influenced by the environment.

• Intelligence can only change in early childhood, not in adulthood.

What danger does the author identify in believing that intelligence is fixed at birth, and how does adopting the author’s perspective help avoid this danger? Explain.

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