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Is Intelligence Neurologically Measurable? Brain size correlation to intelligence: +.33 What does this mean? Portion sizes vary as well Einstein had abnormally large parietal lobes Environmental experiences impact Rat neural connections example Highly educated people die with 17% more synapses than counterparts Other Environmental Influences Infants who suffer from extreme malnutrition during infancy average 20 I.Q. points lower than other children (Stock and Smythe, 1963) Toxins in the environment such as lead found in some paints are associated with reduced I.Q. (Needleman, 1990) Intelligence declines with family size; the fewer children there are the smarter you are likely to be (Zajonc, 1975) Intelligence declines with birth order; first-borns tend to be brighter (Zajonc, 1975) I.Q. is negatively correlated with family risk factors, such as social class or absence of father figure (1989) Are There Multiple Intelligences? Social Intelligence the know-how involved in comprehending social situations and managing oneself successfully Emotional Intelligence ability to perceive, express, understand, and regulate emotions Brain Function and Intelligence Correlation between fast perceptual speed and general intelligence People who can perceive the stimulus very quickly tend to score somewhat higher on intelligence tests Assessing Intelligence Aptitude Test a test designed to predict a person’s future performance aptitude is the capacity to learn Achievement Test a test designed to assess what a person has learned (ex: unit exams, driver’s test) Assessing Intelligence Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) most widely used intelligence test subtests verbal performance (nonverbal) Assessing Intelligence: Sample Items from the WAIS Assessing Intelligence Standardization defining meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested “standardization group” Normal Curve the symmetrical bell-shaped curve that describes the distribution of many physical