Child Psychology: A Contemporary Viewpoint, First Canadian Edition

E. Mavis Hetherington, University of Virginia
Ross D. Parke, University of California
Mark Schmuckler, University of Toronto at Scarborough

Intelligence

Internet Exercises


1		Terry and Lauren are on a debating team in their Child Psychology course. They have to argue for the proposition "Intelligence is hereditary.". Another pair of members will argue for the opposite proposition that "Intelligence is not related to heredity.". What facts do Terry and Lauren need to know as they prepare for the debate? info.med.yale.edu/chldstdy/plomdevelop/genetics/99jungen.htm



2		Motabi recently has moved from Africa to Canada to attend university. He is arguing with his Developmental Psychology classmates about the meaning of intelligence. Motabi insists that different cultures construct their own paradigms of intelligence and that intelligence in Africa is a very different concept from intelligence in Canada. Is there any evidence to support Motabi's argument? info.med.yale.edu/chldstdy/plomdevelop/genetics/99aprgen.htm



3		Maureen and Harry received a letter from the elementary school principal suggesting that they enroll their daughter, Jasmine, in the gifted program. They already know that Jasmine's IQ score is 125 - high, but certainly not in the genius category. Is there more to giftedness than an IQ score? What talents might Jasmine's teachers have noticed in her that may qualify her as being gifted? www.nagc.org/ParentInfo/index.html

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