Psych 111 Ch. 10.2

Why do wealthier families have smarter kids?

1.Parents can invest more into their kids' education. 2. Parents are more likely to know stuff, college career 3. Parents are more integrated with other people. They know people who know people.

Ways to have better Neural Change

Good amount of sleep, Exercise, and Nutrition.

Crystalized Intelligence

basically fact naming, you know state capitals, presidents, etc. OR. ability to make use of acquired information or knowledge. People who possess high levels of crystallized intelligence are people who are commonly referred to as having book smarts.

Heritability

you are who you are, and you act and think the ways you do because of the combination of your heritability [genetic makeup] and your environment.

Fluid Intelligence

Problem Solving. Fluid intelligence is more or less the ability to quickly adapt to and solve problems even in an unfamiliar situation. If you heard people talk about street smarts, they are more or less describing fluid intelligence.

Lewis Terman was famous for..

Racist, who thought that different IQ's in different races. Blacks, Caucasians, Asians.

Difference between Relative Intelligence and Actual Intelligence

Relative Intelligence doesn't change over time, but the actual Intelligence slowly declines with age

The Flynn Effect is

The Flynn Effect is the phenomenon in which there is a marked increase in intelligence test score averages over time.

Why does the Flynn effect happen?

There are many possible explanations for the Flynn Effect including better nutrition, less infectious disease, longer and more productive education, and more stimulating environments.

Whats one way babies have higher IQ's?

They're fed breast milk instead of formula.