PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9.1: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Provincial Training School, Sexual Sterilization Act Of Alberta
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Fallopian tubes surgically destroyed, told she was getting her appendix removed. Victim of misguided application of intelligence tests. Age 11: provincial training school for mental defectives, given test, scored 64 due to an error in the testing (below 70 cutoff required for forced sterilization) Forced sterilization was common in the us & canada in the 20th century alberta had the. Sexual sterilization act doctors could sterilize people they saw as genetically un t without their consent. Redid test, got 89 so she was wronged, sued govt; got ,000. Lesson: it"s important to measure things properly, especially intelligence testing. Iq testing in north america was boosted in wwi because terman worked with the us military to develop tests to see which recruits could be of cers. Wanted to make society better but caused problems too. Iq people and reduce the birthrate of low iq people. It increases arousal in the individual and this undermines their performance.
