Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Lewis Terman, Verbal Fluency Test, Factor Analysis

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Mark Holden

Document Summary

Briefly outline the major contributions (in intelligence testing) of binet, galton, stern, terman, and wechsler. Said intelligence was hereditary, based on senses. Darwin"s cousin, coined the term social darwinism : people in higher classes are there because of superior, his work was later used to justify eugenics (e. g. forced genes sterilization) French ministry of public education wanted early identification of children who wouldn"t do great in ordinary public schooling. Devised tests with questions that a typical child of age x could answer mental age. Took binet"s concept of mental age and made it into a relevant score an intelligence quotient: (mental age/chronological age) * 100. Note: current iq no longer uses idea of mental age: works well for kids, but not for adults (>16 years, also, elderly people show an intellectual decline. Modified the test slightly (translated, made some aspects more relevant to american culture)