PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Social Loafing, Epigenetics, Ingroups And Outgroups
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Simon-binet test taken at stanford by terman named standford-binet. Intelligence tests broke out in world war 1, so the military could identify people to help with code breaking, attack planning, strategizing, etc. o. The opposite were the illiterate, and those with low iqs army beta o o o o o o o. New tests: wais (for adults) and wisc (children) Gives stern iq the average child has an iq of 100. Flynn effect intelligence increases with each generation. Society aims for the average iq to be 100, but we gain more knowledge and critical thinking skills as time progresses, so how is the average iq of 100 accounted for? o. Vaccinating children has been proven to raise children with higher iqs. Tests are good at predicting performance in school or in challenging jobs. Binet wanted to know how valid his tests were. Validity measuring instrument measures what it is assumed to measure; a judge if the answer acquired makes sense.
