PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales, Imbecile
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Studying individual differences: understanding the average human = nomomethic research. Understanding why and how humans differ is called individual differences . Most societies believe it is in the interest of the populace to financial support the education of its citizens an educated (intelligent?) populace leads to a better country more innovation, stronger economy power. An ability to measure intelligence might be beneficial in a couple of ways . It allows you to assess whether certain educational approaches lead to higher levels of success. It may allow one to tailor a child"s education to their current abilities. Name some intelligent people what is it about them that you are relating to intelligence e. g. einstein he thought about things differently. Galton, a cousin of darwin, was into measuring humans in every way possible including measuring their ability to make sensory discriminations which he assumed was linked to intellectual prowess - link to normal distributions.
