Educational Psychology / Unit 8 EDP 0701 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Individual and Group Differences
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The idea
Individual differences are qualities unique to one person; group differences are qualities shared by an identifiable group, such as a gender or an ethnic group.
In practice
One student's quick recall is an individual difference; an average difference between boys and girls is a group difference.
Where people slip
Group categories are convenient but arbitrary, and every group contains wide individual diversity.
Your place on the trail
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