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10 It is difficult _______________ hereditary
influences on mental abilities.
11 Deliberate intervention in the environment
can _______________ IQ.
12 The brain’s growth can be _______________
during it’s development.
13 In middle childhood boys are more likely
_______________ in IQ scores, girls _______________.
14 It’s impossible _______________ definitely
whether group differences in IQ are genetically
determined.
FOLLOW-UP
8. Answer the following questions. Then, using your
answers, give your summary of the text.
1 What major criteria must be met by mental tests?
2 How is a child’s IQ computed?
3 Why must adult IQs be computed differently?
4 Which other way of computing IQs is most popular?
5 Do mental test scores predict school success?
6 Is occupational choice related to IQ?
7 Is intelligence one ability or several independent
abilities?
8 How many group factors make up intelligence?
9 What is the theory of specificity?
10 Are adult IQs predictable?
11 Can IQ scores be raised by deliberately changing the
environment?
12 Does nutrition affect intelligence?
13 Why is it especially difficult to study the genetic
determinants of group differences in intelligence?
14 Are current mental tests applicable to minority groups?
46 10 It is difficult _______________ hereditary influences on mental abilities. 11 Deliberate intervention in the environment can _______________ IQ. 12 The brain’s growth can be _______________ during it’s development. 13 In middle childhood boys are more likely _______________ in IQ scores, girls _______________. 14 It’s impossible _______________ definitely whether group differences in IQ are genetically determined. FOLLOW-UP 8 . An swer t h e f o l l o wi n g q u est i o n s. T h en , u si n g yo u r a n swer s, g i ve yo u r su m m a r y o f t h e t ex t . 1 What major criteria must be met by mental tests? 2 How is a child’s IQ computed? 3 Why must adult IQs be computed differently? 4 Which other way of computing IQs is most popular? 5 Do mental test scores predict school success? 6 Is occupational choice related to IQ? 7 Is intelligence one ability or several independent abilities? 8 How many group factors make up intelligence? 9 What is the theory of specificity? 10 Are adult IQs predictable? 11 Can IQ scores be raised by deliberately changing the environment? 12 Does nutrition affect intelligence? 13 Why is it especially difficult to study the genetic determinants of group differences in intelligence? 14 Are current mental tests applicable to minority groups?