dec 9, 1899 - Francis Galton and eugenics
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Cousin of Darwin
Researched eugenics and human intelligence and the effects of human selective mating
Invented ‘correlation’
Came up with ‘hereditary genius’
Eugenics → selecting characteristics in order to improve future generations of the human race
Eugenics failed after Nazis used it to support the extermination of entire races
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History of Psychology
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