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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Real Error of Cyril Burt.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The answer to #114 became a way to measure the ___________ of the children, and thus their IQ levels.
(a) intelligence
(b) age level
(c) adaptability
(d) mental capacity

2. Binet was worried, however, that his testing might cause the child to be ___________ in school.
(a) separated from others
(b) labeled
(c) made fun of
(d) an outcast

3. People with ______ had smaller brain sizes than those who were suddenly killed in accidents.
(a) low iron
(b) children
(c) diseases
(d) AIDS

4. Paul Broca was a professor of surgery in what city?
(a) London
(b) Boston
(c) New York
(d) Paris

5. Binet believed that not all intelligence was ___________.
(a) inborn
(b) the same
(c) allowed
(d) necessary

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had a mental age between 3 and 7?

2. Who believes blacks are inferior but that intelligence should not be tied to the right for freedom?

3. What did Galton measure in order to ascertain the intelligence of people?

4. What was Lombroso's theory known as?

5. Where was Robert Bennett Bean a physician?

(see the answer key)

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