PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Standard Deviation
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Measuring intelligence: studying individual differences: understanding the average human = nomomethic research, understanding why and how humans differ is called individual differences . Most societies believe it is in the interest of the populace to financial support the education of its citizens an educated (intelligent?) populace leads to a better country more innovation, stronger economy power. An ability to measure intelligence might be beneficial in a couple of ways . It allows you to assess whether certain educational approaches lead to higher levels of success. It may allow one to tailor a child"s education to their current abilities. Name some intelligent people what is it about them that you are relating to intelligence e. g. einstein he thought about things differently. The test was set up in a way such that the average score is 100, and the standard deviation is 16: so now, a person"s iq is simply their score on the test.
