TB8, L3 - Intelligence and Learning

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What scales does the BSID test:
Mental, motor, behaviour
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What does the Fagan test of intelligence measure?
Preferential looking time for novel stimuli
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How is reliability defined (with regard to IQ tests)?
How consistently a test produces the same results
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How is validity defined (with regard to IQ tests)?
How accurately the test measures what it claims to
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What is the IQ concordance rate for MZ twins
.86
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What are the 3 types of phenotype interaction
Passive, evocative, active
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What do HOME scores show
A positive correlation between IQ and HOME scores
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The Flynn effect states:
IQ improves from generation to generation
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Poverty affects IQ in which way?
Adequate family income affects childrens IQ at age 5
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What effect do racial and ethnic stereotypes have on IQ?
Although differences in group averages can be seen, all can be explained by environmental factors
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Which is NOT true
IQ is not correlated with anything in later life
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Classical conditioning can be described as:
Learning through association
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Operant conditioning can be described as:
Learning through reward/punishment
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A neutral operant:
Neither increases nor decreases the likelihood of a behaviour being repeated
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A positive operant:
Increases the likelihood of a behaviour being repeated
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A negative operant:
Decreases the likelihood of a behaviour being repeated
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Explanation based learning (e.g. using analogy) is beneficial as
it is more enjoyable and more is recalled
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