PSYC 4008 Chapter : Exam 4 Ch (end Of )5 And 6
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George romanes (1848-1894) learned about animal behavior from darwin. Intelligence 1882, made him founder of comparative psychology, though introduced by pierre. Romanes made an effort to define the new field in a systematic fashion drawing parallels to comparative anatomy. Used science to study differences among psychological features of different species, to examine mental evolution. Released later books on mental evolution, ignored because of previous work. Anthropomorphism tendency to attribute human characteristics to nonhuman entities; associated with romanes and the origins of comparative psychology. Conwy lloyd morgan (1852-1936) evolutionist huxley, zoology and geology (job at university college, bristol). Wrote animal life and intelligence (1890) and an introduction to comparative. Twin studies first suggested by galton as a means of demonstrating the heritability of intelligence. Eugenics term created by galton; refers to a variety of methods (selective breeding) for enhancing the quality of a species, especially humans.
