PSYA02H3 Lecture 3: Jan 12- Lecture 3.docx

• School: UTSC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYA02H3
• Professor: Steve Joordens

Document Summary

Are some things not meant to be studies scientifically: phillip rushton(cid:224) prof at western university, studied racial differences, concluded that you can see clear differences if you think of humans being part of 1 of 3 race(cid:224) caucasian, african american, or asian, asian smartest, caucasian in middle, african american the least intelligent. Thurstone seven cattell two: some studies using the factor analytic approach ended up finding many different factors related to intelligence, thurstone found 7 factors, verbal comprehension, verbal fluency, number, spatial visualization, memory, reasoning, perceptual speed, however, when a factor analysis was performed on thurstone"s factors, cattell found that 2 factors underlie the 7 factors, he labeled these 2 factors fluid intelligence and crystal intelligence, concepts which are still discussed frequently in current intelligence research, children can be born smart, but education plays a roll in development in intelligence.