Problem 1: Explain the current conceptualization of intelligence, namely the general factor(s) and specific factor(s).
Problem 2: What is problematic with Goddard's results (using the Standford-Binet test) in 1917 that 80% of European immigrants trying to enter the US were considered 'feeble-minded'?
Problem 3: Explain the reigniting of the controversy surrounding IQ testing in 1994 following the publication of The Bell Curve. What were some of the issues raised by the author that were discussed in the lecture?
Problem 4: Make the distinction between determinism and freewill that arises post-Darwin. Why did this debate create an underlying anxiety in societies that can be found in various writers work? On what basis did William James first reduced determinism and which argument sealed the fate of determinism as not applicable to the human condition for James?