Exam 10: Section 4 : Intelligence

Identical twins are also called dizygotic twins.

Racial differences in IQ scores exist primarily because modern intelligence tests are culturally biased.

A deviation IQ uses the concept of mental age.

The Flynn Effect refers to the fact that absolute intelligence scores are increasing across generations.

John Carroll believed that we have three middle-level abilities.

Fluid intelligence is generally assessed by tests of vocabulary, factual information, and so on.

The main reason why intelligent people earn much more money than those with less intelligence is that they get more education.

Women tend to outscore men on tests that require transformations in visual or spatial memory.

There is little correlation between intelligence scores and the amount of formal education people receive.

The majority of college students have used prescription stimulants as cognitive enhancers.

Scientists have identified genes correlated with intelligence that are expressed at different frequencies between Whites and Blacks.

Children who were breastfed tend to have higher IQ scores than children who were not breastfed.

Crystallized intelligence is generally assessed by timed tests of abstract reasoning.

Adderall is an amphetamine salt.

Genetic and environmental factors are independent influences on intelligence.

The heritability coefficient of intelligence provides a rough estimate of how much of an individual's intelligence is determined by genes and how much of it is determined by environmental factors.

Both high-SES and low-SES parents read roughly the same amount to their children.

John Carroll included musical intelligence in the middle-level abilities he identified through factor analysis.

William Stern first introduced the term "mental age."

The heritability of intelligence generally increases with the age of the sample measured.