PSYCH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Intellectual Disability, Caucasian Race, Lewis Terman

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Richard Ennis

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Background of intelligence: francis galton (1822 1911): was english and was rich, well connected socially. And was dramatically outperformed by other students in school. But was involved in many of today"s technology, like: Played a role in the discovery of normal distribution. High and low pressures in metrology: was also an explorer- and had travelled around africa-which became a best-seller. His cousin wrote to him too: this led him to believe in the idea of intelligence- and that he believed intelligence was inherited. Success and geniuses stemmed around the family tree. His family tree had many successful people, which led him to believe that intelligence was biological: biological: powerful and efficient brain and nervous system, determined by heredity. So he had set out to create an intelligence test needing proof to prove his hypothesis. He would measure the circumference of your head. He would also flash lights, and you would have to stop it.