PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Nootropic, Job Performance, Meritocracy
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Anthropometrics (measurement of ppl): to methods of measuring physical & mental variation in humans. Later abandoned b/c correlation was stupid (does good eye sight indicate good hearing?) Binet argued that intelligence should be indicated by complex thinking processes memory, attention. Influence lasts today: defines intelligence as the ability to think, understand, reason & overcome obstacles (cid:1006) guys (cid:894)si(cid:373)o(cid:374) & bi(cid:374)et(cid:895) had to de(cid:448)elop a(cid:374) i(cid:374)tellige(cid:374)(cid:272)e test to spot (cid:862)retarded(cid:863) kids. They tested their diff methods on kids and binet claimed a (cid:272)hild"s test s(cid:272)ore (cid:373)easured their mental age. Further studied by lewis terman at stanford university, named it the stanford-binet. Stanford-binet test: a test intended to measure innate levels of intelligence. Differed from bi(cid:374)et"s (cid:449)ho (cid:448)ie(cid:449)ed his test as a (cid:373)easure of current abilities, not of an innate capacity. Iq (intelligence quotient): a label that has stuck to the present day that"s calculated by taking a perso(cid:374)"s (cid:373)e(cid:374)tal age, di(cid:448)idi(cid:374)g it (cid:271)y his (cid:272)hro(cid:374)ologi(cid:272)al age, a(cid:374)d the(cid:374) (cid:373)ultiplyi(cid:374)g (cid:271)y (cid:1005)(cid:1004)(cid:1004).