PSY100Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Prefrontal Cortex, Phenylketonuria, Standard Deviation
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Thomas edison trivia as a way to test intelligence: einstein failed this test, jennings failed too. In canada people who scored lowo on iq tests were once sterilized thus unable to have more babies with low iqs. Psychological tests - a standardized measure of a sample of a person"s behaviour: are used to measure individual differences, responses represent a sample of ones behaviour. Only a sample therefore it is limited: two categories: mental ability and personality. Three subcategories: intelligence, aptitude and achievements: intelligence measure general mental ability. Focus of intellect potential not learned things: aptitude assess specific types of mental abilities. Focus on potential broken down into different categories. Differential verbal reasoning, math: achievements tests gauge of a person"s mastery language spatial relations etc. and knowledge of particular subjects. Personality measure various aspects of one"s personality, includes motives interests, attitudes and values. Referred to as personality scales b/c no right/wrong.
