PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Black Kids, Factor Analysis, Stephen Curry
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Most psychological research aims to understand the average human this is sometimes called the nomothetic research. Because understanding is beneficial but everyone is unique; look at how different groups are different from each other; comparing two groups of people can be controversial. An ability to measure intelligence might be beneficial in a number of ways but can also be controversial. Benefit: it allows you to assess weather certain educational approaches lead to higher levels of success. Phsychologist define intelligence testing as a method for assessing an individuals" mental aptitudes and comparing them with others using numerical scores. Ex: if label a person by a number, i can look at what other people also achieve and decide where you fit can change over time (age, gender) Galton, a cousin of darwin, was into measuring humans in every way possible including measuring their ability to make sensory discriminations which he assumed was linked to intellectual prowess link to normal distributions.
