PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lev Vygotsky, Egocentric Bias, The Human Face
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Studying individual differences: most psychological research aims to understand the average human. What is intelligence: albert einstein vs steve jobs. Galton, a cousin of darwin, was into measuring humans in every way possible. Tried to access peoples intellectual abilities (cognitive: link to normal distributions (bell shaped graph) The binet- simon test (1905) was the first such test. The binet- simon scale was revised in 1916 and was then called the stanford- . Then multiplied by 100. The test was revised again in 1985, and the way that iq is measured was also changed. So now, a person"s iq is simply their score on the test. Binet- simon: vast majority is average 68% of population (few genius, few idiots) Psya02h3: segregation between african americans & american schools were different (some wanted them to integrate) Intelligence as evidence of intelligent design. Thurstone seven cattell two. Cattell found that two factors underlie the 7 factors.