Question

How do psychologists explain IQ differences among groups? What are the components of thought? What abilities do good thinkers possess? You need to use the APA format. You need to provide a minimum of three pages. Also, you need to include a cover page.

Answer 1

• How do psychologists explain IQ differences among groups?
  • Modern psychometrists focus instead on using tests that are truly culture- and background-neutral.
  • If a test measures IQ but simultaneously measures formal education, the tests are not reliable.
  • Most intelligence tests measure both fluid and crystallized intelligence.
  • Factors like culturally determined attitude towards work, socioeconomic status, health and educational differences are divided unequally among races.

• What are the components of thought?
  • Has a purpose
  • Is an attempt to answer questions, or solve problems
  • Is based on assumptions
  • Is framed by a specific point of view
  • Is dependent on information, data, and evidence
  • Contains inferences, or interpretations, that lead to conclusions
  • Is expressed through concepts and ideas
  • Has implications and consequences

• What abilities do good thinkers possess?
  • Clarity
    • Understandable, the meaning can be grasped
  • Accuracy
    • Free from errors or distortions, true
  • Precision
    • Exact to the necessary level of detail
  • Relevance
    • Relating to the matter at hand
  • Depth
    • Containing complexities and multiple relationships
  • Breadth
    • Encompassing multiple viewpoints
  • Logic
    • The parts make sense together-no contradictions
  • Significance
    • Focusing on the important, not the trivial
  • Fairness
    • Justifiable, not self-serving or one-sided