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ASSIGNMENT 2
Question 1
Option 1
Reference: Textbook page 144
Galton coined the phrase 'nature versus nurture: referring to the debate about the
contributions of heredity and environment to intelligence. 'Nature' refers to the inherited
component of intelligence and 'nurture' refers to the effects of the environment.
Question 2
Option 3
Reference: Textbook page 146
Sternberg's
theory is called a triarchic theory of intelligence because, in his view, intelligence
is based on three aspects: componential intelligence, experiential intelligence and
contextual intelligence:
Question 3
Option 2
Reference: Textbook page 147
People who are closely related (in terms of genetics) obtain similar scores on
intelligence tests. The closer the relationship, the more similar the scores are
likely to be. For example, it has been found that the test scores of identical
twins are more similar than those of fraternal twins (Bouchard et al., 1990).
This finding seems to confirm the notion that intelligence is hereditary.
People who are raised in similar environments obtain similar scores on
intelligence tests
Question 4
Option 3
Reference: Textbook page 145
A British psychologist, Charles Spearman (1927), was the first person to suggest
that differences between individuals' intellectual ability could be explained by this
one factor. He based his theory on research findings that there was a strong relation
between performances on different intellectual tasks. Spearman called this underlying
factor 'general intelligence' or 'general intellectual ability',
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