PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Meritocracy, Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Methylphenidate
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Nomothetic research: most psychological research aims to understand the average human. Most societies believe it is in the interest of the populace to financial support the education of citizens educated populace = better country more innovation, stronger economy power. An ability to measure intelligence benefits: assess whether certain educational approaches lead to higher levels of success, child"s education to their current abilities identify higher potential customize program. Anthropometrics: methods of measuring physical & mental variation in humans. Took off with the work of binet: intelligence was reflected by performance on a variety of paper-and-pencil tests targeting e. g. imagery, attention, comprehension, imagination, judgements of visual space, memory. Intelligence: ability to think, understand reason & adapt to/ overcome obstacles. The binet-simon test (1905) was the first test (children) mental age= chronological age. Revised again in 1985, and the test was set up in a way such that the average score is 100, and.
