Estimates of the Heritability of Intelligence

question 160

Multiple Choice

Estimates of the heritability of intelligence:

• A) are higher for adults than children.
• B) are higher for children than adults.
• C) do not change with age.
• D) fluctuate almost every day according to the environment.

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Definitions:

Interquartile Range

A measure of statistical dispersion, representing the difference between the 75th and 25th percentiles, or the middle 50% of a data set.

Outliers

Data points that lie far outside the range of the majority of a data set, deviating significantly from other observations.

Interquartile Range

The difference between the 25th and 75th percentile in a data set, showing the spread of the middle half of the values.

Scores

Values or measurements obtained from assessments, tests, or evaluations.