Answer the following questions in a minimum of 500 wordstotal. Â
Define Intelligence. Describe the influence of nature andnurture on intelligence: what is heritability? What do twin studiestell us about the importance of genetics on intelligence? Whatabout how children who have been adopted and how their intelligencescores relate to their biological parents?
What are some environmental influences on intelligence?
Discuss gender differences in intelligence: do men or women havehigher verbal memory? Nonverbal memory? Emotion-detecting ability?Math aptitude? Spatial ability? What does it mean to say men havegreater variability in intelligence?
Finally, discuss stereotype threat and how that might affectscores on intelligence tests and in school.
