PSYC 4039 : Exam 2 Review
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Children born into privilege tend to be wealthy and successful. Psyc 4039 test review test thursday//read chapter 3 and 5 skip 4. Eugenics the science of controlling human evolution through artificial selection. Hereditary genius intelligence that make men wealthy and successful are inherited. Developed first test of mental ability which measured sensory capacities. Heritability//variance in a phenotype that is explained by genetic variation. Identification of cacogenic stock//ban marriage of the unfit. Limit social support of the needy & unfit//segregate genders of unfit to prevent reproduction. High heritability does not mean that a trait cannot be altered from environmental variation; it just means that environmental variation has been small. Raise boys exactly the same (zero variance in environment) in barrels until they are 20. Because there is no environmental variation all variation in phenotype must be due to genetic variation. Boys wouldn"t be mentally retarded if raised in normal environment.
