PSYC12H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: System On A Chip, Intellectual Disability, Twin
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P s y c 1 2 l e c t u r e 7. Iq of 100: avg. intell. compared to most people; half the pop. will have scores higher than yours and half lower than yours. Learning at specific subject areas e. g. act assessment. ^all called cognitive tests: meas. various aspects of mental ability. Non-cog. parts of hum. personality: personality traits, values, and interest. Projective tests: clinc. psych. assess mental and emot. problems - what you see in ambig. ink blocks reflect your inner most thoughts (e. g. brochock test?) Asked various t/f questions about diff. attitudes and beliefs -responses used to derive set of pers. charact"s and to assess whether they are more like charact"s of persons deemed normal or abnormal e. g. mmpi (minnesota multiphasic personality inventory) Golton (english): tried to demonstrate the hereditary basis of intell. ; should only be used to id areas where students need special help.
