Psychology notes

This is the notes for Problem 1 "Head in the Clouds" for the People in Groups block.

This is the notes for Problem 1 "Head in the Clouds" for the People in Groups block.

Discussed: What is intelligence - is it possible to measure; Are there different types of intelligence, and what they are; Is it possible to inherit intelligence; What is the Flynn-Effect; Is intelligence measured the same globally? Includes: Definitions, explanations, and examples of vocab words, Theories of intelligence from: Francis Galton, James Mckeen-Cattell, Alfred Binet, William Stern, Charles Spearman, Philip Vernon, David Wechsler, Louis Thurstone, Carl, Howard Gardner, and Robert St...

Discussed: To What extent genes and environment shape our personality and behaviour; How we can study the heritability of personality. Includes: Definitions, explanations, and examples of vocab words, Formulas, Methods of testing, Results of testing, Buss' and Plomin's Temperaments (Activity level, Sociability, Emotionality, Impulsivity), How the temperaments results to the Big Five, Attitudes and Beliefs, Shared vs. Non-Shared Environment, Genotype-Environment Correlation

Structured summary of the literature and articles of all 8 problems lecture notes. It is written in English, but easy to comprehend for dutch students as well (coming from a dutch student :) )

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