PSYC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Theory Of Multiple Intelligences, Block Design, Immigration Restriction Act 1901

• School: Georgia Tech
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1101
• Professor: Verhaeghen Paul

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Calculating iq: william stern- iq= (mental age/chronological age) x 100. Cox (1926): study of 301 geniuses including napoleon, lincoln, george. Psychometric approach: compare individual to a large sample (the. Standard"); set the mean of the standardization sample at 100; set sd of the standardization sample at 15; iq is distributed in a bell curve. Highest recorded iq is 228 marilyn jarvik, who now writes advice columns on the internet. ; the stanford-binet iq test shows four- year-olds three pairs of pictures, asking which one is prettier? . Test results were used to justify sweeping statements about innate" group differences: H. h. goddard (1910s) introduced the technical terms idiots (0-25), imbeciles (26-50), and morons (51-70); advocate for special education and for diminished responsibility for subnormal intelligence, supported eugenics (sterilization against the person"s will/knowledge) The ellis island studies (1912): test iq of immigrants (often in a language they don"t know! ); sample data: percent morons came out as jews = 83%;