PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Sexual Sterilization Act Of Alberta, Leilani Muir, Fallopian Tube

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Harvey Marmurek

Document Summary

Fallopian tubes destroyed, sterilizing them w/o awareness. Sexual sterilization act: doctors sterilize genetically unfit w/o consent (low iq) Anthropometics: methods of measuring physical/mental variation in humans. Sir francis galton: people learn through senses. 1884: 17 sensory tests (auditory thresholds, weight-id ability) Anthropometric labs many visitors in england: cattell: tested in u. s. Having good eyesight not mean good hearing. Intelligence: ability to think, understand, reason, adapt to obstacles. Reflects ability to solve problems & current knowledge. Hired by government to develop intelligence test. Curriculum for intelligent vs. dull students (primary school accessible late 1800s) Simple tasks: repeating sentences, define simple words. Hard tasks: build sentences, image reproduction, comparing things. Very hard: define abstract concepts, logical reasoning. Test to diff. ages of children to establish average score. Mental age: average intellectual ability score for specific age of child. Mental age not equal to biological age. U. s. schools adopted tests for own use.