Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development
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Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development is an 1883 work by Francis Galton that helped found the fields of differential psychology and eugenics by exploring the measurement and hereditary nature of human mental and physical traits.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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scientific work ⓘ |
| author | Francis Galton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
development of eugenics
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founding of differential psychology ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| explores |
hereditary nature of human traits
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measurement of human mental traits ⓘ measurement of human physical traits ⓘ |
| field |
eugenics
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psychology ⓘ statistics ⓘ |
| hasEthicalIssues | promotion of eugenic ideas ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Victorian era science ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of psychometrics
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early intelligence testing ⓘ later eugenics movements ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early use of quantitative methods in psychology
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role in the history of eugenics ⓘ systematic study of individual differences ⓘ |
| proposes | systematic measurement of human faculties ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1883 ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Hereditary Genius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
anthropometry
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biometrics ⓘ differential psychology ⓘ eugenics ⓘ hereditary genius ⓘ heredity ⓘ human intelligence ⓘ individual differences ⓘ mental testing ⓘ psychometrics ⓘ statistics ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
correlation of traits
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statistical analysis ⓘ |
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