PSYC 1000 Lecture 14: psych lecture 14 - oct 29.docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Paula Barata

Document Summary

She has an iq of 120 is not like she has blue eyes , ie it is not a characteristic. Intelligence quotient: william stern takes concept of mental age one step further. Like galton, is sympathetic to eugenics: professor at stanford who revises binet"s test for use in the us, the stanford-binet test, test and versions of it become widely applied, henry goddard and the testing of us immigrants. Used to restrict immigration from inferior countries in southern and eastern europe. Historical points that remain important: the operational definition of intelligence, heritability of intelligence (nature vs nurture, intelligence heritability varies widely by study. 35 to . 50 to . 75: environmental impact on intelligence. Even identical twins vary somewhat in intelligence. Modern iq-testing: stanford binet: newer versions of the stanford-binet (1986, paper and pencil test, 15 subtests measuring 4 areas; verbal reasoning, abstract/visual reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and short-term memory.