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History of Psychology, 4/e
David Hothersall, Ohio State University
Historical Uses and Abuses of Intelligence Testing

Discussion Questions



1

Explain the title of Chapter 11: “Historical Uses and Abuses of Intelligence Testing.”
2

What did Broca claim about gender differences in intelligence? What was his evidence?
3

What opinion did Binet and Simon have of the IQ score? Why?
4

Describe some of the methodological problems with the Kallikak study.
5

Describe what Goddard did at Ellis Island. How were his findings consistent with the popular beliefs of the time? What were the methodological problems with what he did?
6

How did psychologists rally together to support the American efforts in WWI? What did they accomplish and what did they fail to accomplish? How were things different after the war because of this work?








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