PSYC 3125 Chapter 7: History of Psychology: Chapter 7 Notes
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History of psychology chapter 7: measuring the mind: galton and individual differences: for his detailed map and measurements of the country, galton won the royal geographical society"s gold. In the early 1860s, he turned to weather of the origin of species. In general, galton"s major lines of evidence in hereditary genius were consistent with his argument for heredity, but failed to prove it. History of psychology chapter 7: measuring the mind: galton and individual differences: galton did not address the possibility that genetically identical twins who look alike may consequently be. Statistical correlation and regression: galton wanted to find an exact way of expressing and comparing these cases of partial or imperfect association between variables. 0. 9, a person"s adult height is 90% determined by his or her genes. History of psychology chapter 7: measuring the mind: galton and individual differences.