lecture 1.2

Question 1

galton wrote which book

Answer 1

hereditary genius

Question 2

galton noted that

Answer 2

people differ in intelligence

Question 3

galton introduced the notion of

Answer 3

heritabilityof intelligence ie runs in family

Question 4

who was a cousin of darwin

Answer 4

galton

Question 5

what was galtons main method

Answer 5

twin studies; comparing identical and fraternal

Question 6

what did galton introduce

Answer 6

psychophysical test of measurment ie vision, hearing, reaction time

Question 7

cattell did what with perceptual abilities

Answer 7

tests such as two point threshold, reaction time, letter span and letter cancelation

Question 8

cattells hypothesis

Answer 8

measuring the brains ability of efficiency should reflect intellectual ability

Question 9

what did cattells test not correlate well with

Answer 9

grades

Question 10

another validation study done by wissler used what

Answer 10

then new techniques of correlation to investigate cattels tests

Question 11

what were the results of wisslers study

Answer 11

tests did not correlate well with one another- implying cannot be measured for a single trait

Question 12

what was the original spark for the binet and simon test

Answer 12

asked to identify children who needed special services in school

Question 13

what did they use to describe the level of intelligence

Answer 13

mental age- binet notices people seem smarter as they age

Question 14

how do we interpret iq scores

Answer 14

stern proposed intelligent quotient later taken by terman

Question 15

how do we measure iq

Answer 15

mental age diveded by chronological age x 100

Question 16

if childs mental age = his chronological age where would his iq be evaluated at

Answer 16

100- the mean

Question 17

goddard did what to binets test

Answer 17

imported it but was too enthusiastic about his french scale- translated to english later

Question 18

what did goddard do in 1910

Answer 18

presented his data on the binet test, collected from testing residents at institution also said that “IQ tests are not being widley used”

Question 19

goddard was asked what by the government

Answer 19

to study immigrants arriving at ellis island

Question 20

what did goddard claim when studying the immigrants

Answer 20

80% were feebleminded

Question 21

terman helped with what for the iq

Answer 21

improving the american version and added new items

Question 22

terman did what differently when studying childrens iqs

Answer 22

standardized over 1000 aged 4-14, used schools in a representative area so sample was much more representative

Question 23

why was it called the stanford binet test

Answer 23

terman studied at stanford

Question 24

roberty yerkes did what

Answer 24

group testing in ww1

Question 25

what did yerkes decide in terms of individual testing

Answer 25

too time consuming so he developed group testing

Question 26

robert yerkes developed tests for the…

Answer 26

literate and illeterat

Question 27

what were the two tests by yerkes called

Answer 27

alpha and beta

Question 28

what was the alpha test

Answer 28

verbal analogies, series completions, and synonyms and antonyms; roughly equivalent to verbal IQ and crystalized intelligence

Question 29

what was the beta test

Answer 29

completing pictures, visual search, coding tasks, roughly equivalent to performance or fluid iq

Question 30

what did yerkes group testing conclude

Answer 30

decline with their national background
western and northern europe= higher
southers and eastern europe= lower

Question 31

why were these findings concluded in yerkes test

Answer 31

highly correlated with time in us, english competence and schooling

Question 32

what did goddard say about yerkes beta test

Answer 32

corelated with his belief that there were feebile minded people from certain areas

Question 33

goddard then suggested that… because he believed the group differences were real

Answer 33

reproduction and immigration control

Question 34

eugenics

Answer 34

curbing feeble-mindedness

Question 35

goddard and the kallikak family

Answer 35

• man had two wives
• children with both
• one line had feeblemindedness
• goddard believed it was a well controlled comparison
• feeblemindedness was controlled by a single gene

Question 36

eugenics according to goddard and terman

Answer 36

mating should not be allowed- no feeble minded person should become a parent- main uses of IQ tests was to identify feeblemindedness so they could be brought under surveillance and protection of society

Question 37

eugenics started way before iq tests in america so

Answer 37

how could immigrants have caused this

Question 38

methodological issues with kallikak data

Answer 38

all assesments did not use iq tests
assessments were done by young middle-class assistants
data not collected blindly
biases based on expectation, possibility of fraud

Question 39

1920s goddard did what

Answer 39

revised his position and stated that he was wrong for his most famous conclusions- changed opinion on morons and such

Question 40

david wechler (king)

Answer 40

clinical psychologist created test in late 30s for adults and children wais