PSYCHOLOGYS HISTORY APPROACHES
PSYCHOLOGY AND ITS HISTORY
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Question
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What was one trait that Sir Francis Galton thought was inheritable?
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wealth
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intelligence
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personality
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occupation
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Galton was convinced that social and mental traits, like talent and intelligence, were inherited (Galton, 1865; Galton, 1869).
Detailed explanation-2: -Following in the tradition of British empiricism, Galton believed that intelligence was a function of sensory acuity. Thus, individuals who exhibited high degrees of sensory discrimination were assumed to be highly intelligent.
Detailed explanation-3: -Galton’s eugenics was a program to artificially produce a better human race through regulating marriage and thus procreation. Galton put particular emphasis on “positive eugenics", aimed at encouraging the physically and mentally superior members of the population to choose partners with similar traits.
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