PSYC 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: James Mckeen Cattell, Sexual Sterilization Act Of Alberta, Anthropometry

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1200
• Professor: Launa C.Leboe- Mcgowan

Document Summary

Sir francis galton first to attempt to measure intelligence: had the idea that high intelligence emerged from possessing unusually keen sensory abilities. Established anthropometrics: methods of measuring physical and mental variation in humans: series of sensory tests, the measurement of people, no correlation between any two abilities, e(cid:454). E(cid:454)(cid:272)eptio(cid:374)al hea(cid:396)i(cid:374)g e(cid:454)(cid:272)eptio(cid:374)al hea(cid:396)i(cid:374)g: cannot be indicators of the same thing, in this case, intelligence, galto(cid:374)"s app(cid:396)oa(cid:272)h a(cid:271)a(cid:374)do(cid:374)ed. Explore link between sensory and achievement in american university students. Ha to (cid:396)eje(cid:272)t galto(cid:374)"s idea that i(cid:374)tellige(cid:374)(cid:272)e is a (cid:272)o(cid:374)se(cid:395)ue(cid:374)(cid:272)e of keen sensory abilities. Not much correlation between diff. sensory abilities. Many people underwent forced sterilizations for not meeting requirement of intelligence test. Sexual sterilization act became law in alberta in 1928, 5 years later was legal in. In 1929 eugenics board established and forced sterilization started. 1972 act was repealed because it violated fundamental human rights. Aim of sterilization programs was to identify individuals who had low intelligence from producing children.