PSYA02H3 Chapter 9: 9.1 Psychology
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He thus said that sensory abilities should be an indicator of a person"s intelligence. He created 17 sensory tests (e. g. , highest & lowest sounds a person can hear or their ability to tell the difference b/w objects slightly different weights he tested ppl in his anthropometric laboratory. Attempt to measure intelligence in the modern era sir francis galton. Galton believed that since ppl learn about the world thru their senses, those w/ superior sensory abilities would be able to learn more about it. Anthropometrics: meas"mnt of ppl the methods to measuring physical and mental variation in humans. One of galton"s colleagues, james mckeen cattell took the tests to the us to measure abilities of uni students. Found no correlation b/w the sensory tests and ppl"s abilities (e. g. , one"s eyesight didn"t correlate to how one"s hearing would be) This was a problem as students" scores on sensory tests didn"t predict their grades, which was thought to be an indicator of intelligence.
