Please enable JavaScript.

Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.

Socio-political context (Psychology affecting society (ADHD (Inattentive:…

- - - - Practical test scores not defining of intelligence but rather for use in education system specifically
      - identification of learning-disability
      - in order to provide extra help to those failing
      - IQ is not a fied quantity in this context and aim of testing is to identify and increase IQ of low performing individuals
      - Binet & Simon: welfare state of France @ the time: citizen's wellbeing is focal point and education became compulsory
    - - segregation of Black & immigrants
      - Goddard: used IQ testing for recruitment purposes of 'regular' US students & immigrants
        
        coined "moron": IQ 50 -> 70
      - Belief that IQ = one single gene
      - heritability & idea that people are 'feeble-minded' lead to eugenic ideas
      - Lead to: national testing of children due to belief that low IQ linked to morality & criminal behaviour (S-B & Terman tests)
      - Yerkes: alpha & beta army testing: intelligence innate... support genetic differences between races responsible for IQ differences
        
        Average mental age white male: 13y, black male: 10y, European immigrants: 'morons'
        
        Immigration Restriction Act: reduced immigration esp targeting: Asian, arab, African, European (jewish & Italian)
    - - e.g. language barriers/ illiterate individuals given no aid to level the playing field
      - Cultural & educational bias e.g. mention of US brands/ famous individuals - more general knowledge!
      - should consider data with due criticism
      - Morton's skull collection originally thought to display racial differences in intelligence (via phrenology): re-examined & concluded to be distorted/false evidence e.g. original method of measuring cranial capacity was to fill with mustard seeds
- - - - protection
      - consent
      - approval issues
      - right to withdraw