PSYC302 EXAM SCRIPT COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● What is 16PF
Answer: personality questionnaire based on new method of factor
analysis which has 16 factors
●● Strong Interest Inventory
Answer: Assessed by gauging interests in professions, subject areas and
activities
●● Study of Individual differences
Answer: obtaining data about relative standing of individuals compared
to others
●● One of Galtons interests
Answer: Measuring and Counting (assessment)
●● How was Galton contradictory
Answer: Believed in eugenics but recognised science that proved having
two good parents doesn't guarantee better offspring
●● What were Galtons discoveries
,Answer: Normal distribution, regression to the mean, correlation, nature
vs nurture, questionaire, variance, standard deviation, wisdom of the
crowd
●● Lexical Hypothesis
Answer: the study of personality can be based on studying language
based personality terms
●● Differential Psychology
Answer: Scientific study of differences between or among two or more
people
●● What were Binets main contributions to psychology
Answer: Intelligence is dynamic and developing, intelligence is
multifaceted eg. reason, judgement
●● Why was the IQ test created
Answer: to calculate mental ages of children
●● What was the order of names that would be given to different mental
ages
Answer: Idiot <2, Imbecile, 3-7, Debile/Moron 8-12
●● If someone was an idiot what would happen
, Answer: be in permanent asylum care because they were incapable of
language or living independently
●● If someone was an imbecile what would happen
Answer: Required institutional or asylum care btu capable of some
language and basic learning
●● If someone was an debile/moron what would happen
Answer: considered educable and were prioritised for special education
or vocational classes rather than asylums
●● How were IQ tests misused
Answer: intelligence could be measured and Terman thought intelligence
was fixed so those who were feebleminded should be sterilised
●● What did Terman Believe
Answer: heredity of intelligence, support for forced sterilisation,
scientific racism (lower iq scores in marginalised groups were due to
family stocks rather than language barriers), elitist ideology (society
should invest resources exclusively in natural leaders i.e white children
●● How were Goddard, Terman and Galtons beliefs different to Binet
Answer: The three were more focused on nature where Binet prioritised
nurture
GUIDE WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● What is 16PF
Answer: personality questionnaire based on new method of factor
analysis which has 16 factors
●● Strong Interest Inventory
Answer: Assessed by gauging interests in professions, subject areas and
activities
●● Study of Individual differences
Answer: obtaining data about relative standing of individuals compared
to others
●● One of Galtons interests
Answer: Measuring and Counting (assessment)
●● How was Galton contradictory
Answer: Believed in eugenics but recognised science that proved having
two good parents doesn't guarantee better offspring
●● What were Galtons discoveries
,Answer: Normal distribution, regression to the mean, correlation, nature
vs nurture, questionaire, variance, standard deviation, wisdom of the
crowd
●● Lexical Hypothesis
Answer: the study of personality can be based on studying language
based personality terms
●● Differential Psychology
Answer: Scientific study of differences between or among two or more
people
●● What were Binets main contributions to psychology
Answer: Intelligence is dynamic and developing, intelligence is
multifaceted eg. reason, judgement
●● Why was the IQ test created
Answer: to calculate mental ages of children
●● What was the order of names that would be given to different mental
ages
Answer: Idiot <2, Imbecile, 3-7, Debile/Moron 8-12
●● If someone was an idiot what would happen
, Answer: be in permanent asylum care because they were incapable of
language or living independently
●● If someone was an imbecile what would happen
Answer: Required institutional or asylum care btu capable of some
language and basic learning
●● If someone was an debile/moron what would happen
Answer: considered educable and were prioritised for special education
or vocational classes rather than asylums
●● How were IQ tests misused
Answer: intelligence could be measured and Terman thought intelligence
was fixed so those who were feebleminded should be sterilised
●● What did Terman Believe
Answer: heredity of intelligence, support for forced sterilisation,
scientific racism (lower iq scores in marginalised groups were due to
family stocks rather than language barriers), elitist ideology (society
should invest resources exclusively in natural leaders i.e white children
●● How were Goddard, Terman and Galtons beliefs different to Binet
Answer: The three were more focused on nature where Binet prioritised
nurture
