PSYC 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Memory Span, David Wechsler, Eugenics
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Definition: the ability to direct one"s thinking, adapt to one"s circumstances, and learn from one"s experiences. Wiki definition: one"s capacity for logic, abstract thought, understanding, self-awareness, communication, learning, emotional knowledge, memory, planning, creativity, and problem solving. Creates the first intelligence tests to determine people"s intelligence, so that he could encourage those who were more intelligent to procreate, and almost prevent those who were not as intelligent from procreating. Measuring intelligence by coming up with measure of reaction times. Believed that intelligence was a matter of neurological efficiency. Argued that it could be assessed by measuring reaction time and sensory acuity. Mid 1880"s he established an anthropometric lab at london"s south kensington. Three year olds should be able to: point to body parts such as eyes, nose and mouth. A seven-year-old should be able to: difference between left and right, describe a picture, count the value of six coins.
