CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

MEASUREMENT OF INTELLIGENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Twenty-two-year-old Dan has an intelligence scoreof 63 and the academic skills of a fourth-grader, and is unable to live independently. Dan probably has
A
Down syndrome
B
savant syndrome
C
intellectual disability disorder
D
gifted intelligence
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -It means that 50 percent of the variation in intelligence within a group of people is attributable to genetic factors. In other words, heritability never pertains to an individual, only to why people differ from one another.

Detailed explanation-2: -While fluid intelligence involves our current ability to reason and deal with complex information around us, crystallized intelligence involves learning, knowledge, and skills that are acquired over a lifetime.

Detailed explanation-3: -Validity is the extent to which a test measures what it claims to measure. 1 It is vital for a test to be valid in order for the results to be accurately applied and interpreted.

Detailed explanation-4: -What does it mean to say that the heritability of a trait is approximately 50 percent? it means that of the variation in the trait within a group of people, 50 percent can be attributed to heredity.

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