PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: American Philosophical Society, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Leilani Muir
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Case study: leilani muir attempted to get pregnant many times, finally frustrated she went to the doctor and found that her fallopian tubes were surgically destroyed. She was given an intelligence score and below average which by law allowed forced sterilization. Iq was considered qualification for being genetically unfit. When she was 14 she underwent surgery for appendix and was never told it was for her fallopian tubes. Leilani took this case to court and got a compensation of over 750,000 for the damage caused. The systematic attempt to measure intelligence in the modern era began with sir francis galton. Galton believed that because people learn about world through their senses those with superior sensory ability would be more sensitively attuned to the world. Thus sensory ability an indicator of a person"s intelligence. 17 sensory tests, such as the highest and lowest sounds people could hear or their ability to tell the difference between objects of slightly different weight.
