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Psychology Essay. Some of the core studies take an individual approach to human behaviour and experience. This includes individual factors such as intelligence, mental health and race and how these characteristics determine our behaviour and experiences. Using the studies below, answer the questions: Gould Hraba and Grant Rosenhan Thigpen and Cleckley a) Describe what each of the studies tells us about individual difference.(12) b) Using examples, give 2 strengths and 2 weaknesses of the individual differences approach. (12) a) Gould's study looks into the fundamental problems involved in the attempts to measure intelligence. Gould analysed the procedure completed by Yerkes and found that he had ignored individual differences when doing the intelligence tests. Yerkes believed that intelligence was down to genetic differences in races and tested the participants with three tests, the alpha test, the beta test and the individual examination. He thought he was measuring native intellectual ability but there were many problems that he had not...

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