PSYC12H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Twin, Heritability, Ibm Officevision
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Week 9 lecture #7: thursday march 10, 2016. Class overview: movie time, group differences in iq as product of prejudice, genetic explanation, environmental explanation, situational explanation, stereotype threat, definition, evidence. Norm obtained for each age group, individual score compared to this. Test of mental age (regardless of chronological age) Assessment to determine those who will benefit from military training. Iq = mental age/chronological age x 100. Can test tell us how smart we are and what goes on in our subconscious. Iq intelligence reduced to a number. Psychological assessment: how ppl differ in b, personality and cognitive ability. Earliest assessment: developed by emperor in ancient china. Bennett"s test --> measure of innate intelligence to determine those who are retarded. How do we know test actually predict what it intends to measure. Bias: using the test to say someone is incapable of doing sth when in fact they are.
