PSYC 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Content Validity, Clark Wissler

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1002
• Professor: Chris Motz

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Weight discrimination three cases of varying weights participants had to arrange them in order of weight (lightest to heaviest, most intelligent could correctly put them in order) Created a whistle to assess the highest pitch that individuals could perceive (higher pitch = higher intelligence) Dis(cid:272)o(cid:448)ered that people(cid:859)s a(cid:271)ility to hear high pit(cid:272)hes de(cid:272)li(cid:374)es (cid:449)ith age. Dis(cid:272)o(cid:448)ered that people(cid:859)s a(cid:271)ility to hear high pitches was not as sensitive as the ability of cats (this presented a problem for his theory of intelligence testing) Galto(cid:374)(cid:859)s psy(cid:272)hophysi(cid:272)al (problematic) approach to intelligence testing was being used by others (deciding entrances to schools, etc. Clark wissler (1901) tested columbia university undergraduates using a number of. Intelligent thought is composed of three distinct elements: Direction: knowing what has to be done and how it is to be accomplished (know what has to be done to solve a problem)