Psychology 1000 Study Guide - White Matter, Construct Validity, Syphilis

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Intelligence: the ability to acquire knowledge, to think and reason effectively, and to deal adaptively with the environment. Charles darwin"s cousin and influenced by his theory of evolution. Believed that genius seemed to occur within family trees. Ignored the fact that the more successful people he studied almost always came from privileged environments. Tried to measure intellience by measuring reaction speed, hand strength and size of people"s skulls. His measures were unrelated to intelligence but generated interest in measuring intelligence. Made the forerunner of all modern intelligence tests. Rate at which people gain mental competence is a characteristic of the person and is fairly constant over time. Got teachers to make problems that children ages 3, 4, 5, etc could solve and used it to develop a standardized interview. Score of test known as mental age. If 8 year old could do 10 year old problem, his mental age was 10.