PSYCH101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Theory Of Multiple Intelligences, Anthropometry, Eugenics

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Paul Wehr

Document Summary

People learn about the world through their senses and therefore smarter people would have more attuned senses. 17 sensory tests - exp how high can you hear a pitch. Anthropometrics - methods of measuring physical and mental variation in humans. No correlation between characteristics (ie good eyesight did not = good hearing or = good test scores in school) Binet - intelligence is based on complex thinking like memory, attention and comprehension. Intelligence - the ability to think, understand reason and adapt to overcome obstacles. How people can solve problems and their accumulated knowledge. His intelligence test scores measured a mental age - the average intellectual ability for children of a speci c age. Helped to determine if children would exceed or struggle in the new primary school system. People de ned the test as de nite, where as binet de ned it as only their current mental capacity, not a de nitive score.