Psych
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Chapter 13: Individual Differences
June 20th, 2023 | 1 hr 1 min
behavioral genetics, david pizarro, heritability, individual differences, intelligence, intro psych, introduction to psychology, iq, myers-briggs, paul bloom, personality
Paul and David step away from the study of psychological universals to discuss the ways in which we are different from one another. What is our best theory of personality? How is personality assessed? Do personality tests predict behavior? What does it mean to be intelligent? Do IQ tests measure anything important? What sorts of things does IQ predict? Are there multiple intelligences? Finally we dip our toes into behavioral genetics. What is heritability? How heritable are psychological traits? Finally, can parents really shape the personality or IQ of their children?