History of intelligence Flashcards
(22 cards)
What psychologist was from the UK?
Francis Galton
What did Francis Galton believe about intelligence?
that it’s inherited from parents
highly intelligent people can respond to large amounts of info
Who coined the term nature versus nurture?
Francis Galton
What psychologist was from France?
Alfred Binet
What did Alfred Binet do?
created the first intelligence test with Theodore Simon
Binet-Simon Scale (1911)
What psychologist was from U.S?
Lewis Terman
What did Lewis Terman do?
revised some items in the Binet-Simon test and created new one
created Stanford-Binet test
tested Childs intelligence
What psychologist was from Germany?
William Stern
What did William Stern do?
develops standardised IQ
used ratio of real age to mental age to develop IQ
What does IQ stand for?
Intelligence quotient
What did Robert Yerkes do?
created Army Alpha test with Terman
For WW1, fast assessments of soldiers
What is the difference between the army alpha test and army beta test?
army alpha test - for literate groups
army beta test - not as literacy focused
What did Charles Spearman do?
factor analysis
concept of general intelligence ‘g’
What 2 tests are used to measure concept of ‘g’?
the Weschler test
Ravens progressive matrix
What Weschler and his test do? (UK)
gave average score for all ages
created one for adult intelligence (WAIS) and one for scale for children (WISC)
What does Ravens progressive matrix do? (Scotland)
infers relationships between objects
When did the eugenics movement occur?
early 20th century
Who supported the eugenics movement?
Galton and Terman
What did Galton want in the eugenics movement?
wanted genetically superior humans through selective marriage
What was published in 1922?
the model eugenical sterilisation law
What did Herrnstein and Murray (1994) come up with?
the bell curve
What does the Bell curve state?
that ‘G’ exists
IQ is mostly stable over lifespan
