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30
Dec

The Concept of Intelligence

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I have been writing up support notes for developmental psychology based on questions from students. Here is a sample of what the final pdf/audio/power point will contain. Feeback is appreciated…
Intelligence remains undefined. The North American journalist Walter Lippman (1920) stated that, “We cannot measure intelligence when we have not defined it.”
A solitary definition [...]

22
Dec

Keep Things Central: The Tendency to Overlook the Big Picture

Like a bag tied in the middle, the Chautauqua approach to learning about statistics in psychology focuses attention at the centre of things. However, that does not mean that we ignore what is to each side of the centre, for this is what defines the centre’s shape, height and width. What makes the centre value [...]

21
Dec

What Does this Mean, Mean?

A measure of central tendency is a statistics phrase that could be a Buddhist metaphor as to how to live life:
take heed of the middle way
Behaviours-thoughts-affects tend to cluster at the centre of a persons character, to act as a fulcrum to decision-making and responses within an environment.
In psychology, statistics identify behaviors-thoughts-affects that are [...]

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