PSY371H5 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: White Matter, Observable Variable, Sickle-Cell Disease
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Section a: 5 short answer questions (you must answer all of them) Background issues related to the more controversial theories covered in the class discussions. Section b: 2 essay questions (you must choose one) Questions that require you to weigh the evidence surrounding an unresolved topic and argue your opinion. Draw on lecture material, class discussions, and the assigned readings (readings are only intended to give you evidence to support your argument) Know the main point of each of the papers and some evidence the authors use to support their argument. Have an argument ready for both sides of the issue. Know the main author of each of the readings. *executive function will not be on the test. Francis galton was concerned with differences between individual"s intelligence. Large influence on testing and hereditary view of intelligence. Individual differences in measuring and classifying people according to their ability: big influence on the idea that intelligence is inherited.
