intelligence and environment Flashcards
(26 cards)
global determinants
what did the mobile video game test
spatial ability
what did the results suggest spatial ability correlated with?
economic wealth, gender inequality in the country predicted gender differences.
navigation was better in what environment
topologically similar environments
birth oder
How did Lehmann 2014 conduct theory study- what suvey
national survey of youth in 1979- periodic surveys and bi annual interviews.
what did lehmann 2014’s study suggest about later born children
not disadvantaged but did not receive the same cognitive stimulation as first borns
what is the relationship between later born children and cognitive scores
scored lower
nutrition
angelson et al found who was more at risk in terms of months breastfeedin
3 months more at risk than 6+
deoni et al 2013 found that by 2 those who breastfed improved what?
language scores and higher order cognition such as execuitive function.
what is the association between myelin content and breastfeeding 15+months.
positively associated with greater myelonation in somatosensroy, auditory and language areas.
long term nutrition
victora et al 2015 suggested that breastfeeding for 12+m increased IQ by
3.76 advantage
victora et al found that breastefedding longer….
novel mechansism that characterise breastmilk as personalised medicine.
general anesthesia- Oleary
no detectable adverse outcomes but Glatz found a very small effect on IQ.
what did the anderson and kunin review find that the effects of chemotherapy were on IQ
negatively affected memory
Boyle et al IQ found what relationship between blood lead levels and IQ
losses of grade school points- the effect was worse in african american black infants than white
what is the flynn effect
IQ increase over time at a consistent rate
what type of country did wonggupparaj et al find had the most evident flynn effect?
developing countries increased more than developed.
what is the anti flynn effect?
US over time average score declines steadily- explanations include height and nutrition.
what did sundet et al 2004 find general ability associated with?
height
riedermann, becker and coyle 2017 suggested that the phenomenon is masking- what is meant by that?
dysgenic trend or is it due to genetics and immigration.
bratsberg & rosgeberg 2018- found what variation in the flynn effect
family variation- both increase and decrease the flynn effect
what does WISC measure
verbal, working memory, processing speed, perceptual & spatial reasoning.
what is Leiter-3
non verbal test
deary et al 2017 found a strong association between IQ and…
academic ability
education is a strong predictor…
of occupational success
