1. Discuss the difficulty of defining intelligence and identify the major issues concerning its definition.
   
   
2. Identify and describe the various psychometric approaches to intelligence.
   
   
3. Identify and describe information-processing approaches to intelligence and discuss their emphasis on intelligence as mental processes.
   
   
4. Discuss the assumptions about the distribution of performance on standardized intelligence tests.
   
   
5. Define giftedness and mental retardation and discuss the factors that contribute to assigning children to these categories.
   
   
6. Describe the various standardized tests that have been developed to assess intelligence in infants and older children.
   
   
7. Discuss the stability and predictive utility of IQ and infant intelligence.
   
   
8. Summarize the problems associated with interpreting IQ scores.
   
   
9. Identify some genetic influences on intellectual development and discuss factors that contribute to group differences in IQ scores.
   
   
10. Identify and discuss the important characteristics of the child's home that are related to intellectual development.
    
    
11. Define structural equation modeling and discuss its role in evaluating causality.
    
    
12. Discuss the effectiveness of early intervention programs on the IQs of disadvantaged children and other children at risk for low intellectual functioning.
    
    
13. Describe the role of the child's sociocultural environment in the development of intellectual ability.