PSY 2012 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Abstraction, Gullibility, Stereotype Threat
8 Dec 2015
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Module 9 notes: psychometrics- measurement of the mind, intelligence, other mental processes. How well people do on standardized tests: intelligence defined. Alfred binet- defined it functionally in terms of school success. Boring- intelligence is nothing more than measurable capacity to do well in an intelligence test. Hebb- felt that intelligence was an equivocal term that each writer can define to suit himself and there is no sense in arguing over terminology. The capacity to learn from experience and adapt successfully to one"s environment. Intelligence is inherited and there should be selective breeding. Intelligence can be found in simple sensory processes: reaction time, judging weight, intelligence testing. 1920"s- tests given to immigrants at ellis island by dr. goddard. Also used to it to test feebleminded american families: which caused 27 states to pass laws requiring the sterilization of mental defectives . Hired to develop an objective test that allowed children that needed assistance to be identified: determined a child"s mental age.
