The Heritability of Intelligence Refers to

question 67

Multiple Choice

The heritability of intelligence refers to

• A) the extent to which an individual's intelligence is attributable to genetic factors.
• B) the proportion of variation in intelligence among individuals that is attributable to genetic variation.
• C) the extent to which the intelligence test scores of a large group indicate an average IQ of 100.
• D) a general underlying intelligence factor that is measured by every task on an intelligence test.

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Definitions:

Population Mean

The average value of all members of a complete population.

Outliers

Data points that are significantly different from the majority of other data points in a dataset, often indicating measurement error or a novel phenomenon.

Confidence Intervals

A selection of values from statistical samples that has a high chance of including the value of a hidden population attribute.

Population Mean

The average of all the values in a population, representing the central or typical value of the population.