PSYC 3090 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, United States Public Health Service, Wilhelm Wundt

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3090
• Professor: Krista Trobst

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Tests/testing programs first came into being in china, early as 2200 b. c. e. Content of tests changed over time with cultural expectations. Doing well in chinese tests allowed special privileges in society. Egyptian priests focused on dream interpretation + other life questions. Greco-roman writings found to try to categorize people in terms of personality type. Renaissance era is when modern sense of psychological assessment began. Darwins origin of species raised questions about how animals/humans compare in terms of states of consciousness. Francis galton became influe(cid:374)tial i(cid:374) (cid:373)easu(cid:396)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, (cid:449)a(cid:374)ti(cid:374)g to (cid:272)lassify people (cid:862)a(cid:272)(cid:272)o(cid:396)di(cid:374)g to thei(cid:396) (cid:374)atu(cid:396)al gifts(cid:863) Galton credited with devising/contributing to the development of many contemporary tools of psychological assessment ex questionnaires, rating scales etc. Wilhelm wundt, first psychology laboratory, did assessment as well focused on description of humans reaction time, perception etc. Wundt focused on how people were similar, not different. Wundt also tried to reduce error to a minimum, and eliminate extraneous variables.