![]() If you were in Galton’s position what would you do? At this point in his life, it’s the late 1800s and there have been no intelligence tests ever made. Differential psychology focuses on human behavior and tries to understand the reasons why people behave differently. Galton’s half-cousin, Charles Darwin, had the initial interest in the field and Galton expanded on Darwin’s progress. Galton also was one of the founders of the subfield of differential psychology. Although psychometrics developed after Galton’s death, he was still crucial in the foundation of the field. ![]() Psychometrics focuses on the research aspects of measurements, tests, and other parts of studies that cannot be measured directly. Have you heard of the phrase, nature versus nurture? Even though Galton didn’t consider himself a developmental psychologist, he is the person who coined that phrase and made it famous!Īdditionally, Galton was the creator of the subfield of psychometrics. Sir Francis Galton PsychologyĮven in just the field of psychology, Francis Galton boasted many accomplishments. Galton was influential, just not always in a good way. If that wasn’t bad enough, Adolf Hitler used Galton’s theory of eugenics as his way of justifying the murder of millions of Jews, Poles, Gypsies, homosexuals, and people with disabilities. The goal of eugenics was to create the perfect race where no one had any mental or physical disabilities. You’re probably wondering what people would consider desirable and undesirable traits. Galton developed and was a leading proponent of eugenics – intentionally reproducing to improve desired traits and weed out undesirable traits. However, not all of Galton’s accomplishments and works were good. Can you imagine being the first person to do all of those things? He was also the first person to use a survey to collect data for his research in the fields of anthropology and anthropometry. In statistics, Galton was the person who came up with correlations and helped develop regression to the mean (taking data multiple times of an event will cause results to become more average the more tests are taken), both of which are used in psychology research to this day. ![]() He contributed to forensic science by creating a way to identify fingerprints. In the field of meteorology, he was the first person to create a weather map and helped develop the initial understanding of anticyclones (a weather concept where there is high pressure near the ground which pulls air down and circulates it). We can attribute many unrelated items and works to Francis Galton. Galton was born in 1822 and died in 1911, so how could he still truly be that influential? Buckle up! Sir Francis Galton’s Accomplishments ![]() The term gained traction in the 1600s during the Renaissance as there was a focus on the "Renaissance man," someone who was well-rounded in his talents. Benjamin Franklin was also considered a polymath. It is unclear how Galton was dubbed a polymath, but it was a term used during his time. ![]()
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