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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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