Using the Messages from the Past Section of This Chapter

question 59

Essay

Using the Messages from the Past section of this chapter as a jumping off point, do you think that environmental dislocations were a major factor in the decline of ancient civilizations? Are our modern societies immune to such dislocations, like global climate change?

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Definitions:

Genetic Explanation

The rationale for the physical and behavioral characteristics of organisms, including humans, as influenced by the genes inherited from their parents.

Flynn Effect

The observed rise over time in standardized intelligence test scores worldwide.

Raw IQ Scores

The initial, unadjusted scores received from an IQ test, prior to any standardization or normalization.

Mean Score

This refers to the average result obtained by dividing the total sum of all scores by the number of scores in a dataset.