Psychology 2410A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Critical Period, Phenotype, Regression Analysis
17 Sep 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Henry ziegland illustrates difficulty of identifying a single cause in a chain of events. A cause of an event is something our minds are designed to perceive, not something world is obligated to supply. Standard social science method common view of human nature, labelled by cosmindes tooby. Misconception that this perspective on development is a navist one, emphasizing role of nature over nurture every trait is a result of complex interplay. Galton was first person to use terms nature vs. nurture to describe what he saw as the alternative contributions to development. Iq heritability can tell you something about sources of statistical variance but cant tell you much about development of iq study of iq has always been ideographic, describing individual differences, measuring development only in comparison to development of others. Alfred binet and theophile simon set out to create a way to measure intelligence as a way to identify schoolchildren who required more attention.
