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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "s" was considered the product of _________ by both Spearman and Burt.
(a) imagination
(b) understanding
(c) opportunity
(d) training

2. Sir Cyril Burt was a medical tester who studied ___________.
(a) twins
(b) white adults
(c) blacks
(d) idiots

3. ______________ is a way of measuring the relationship between variables.
(a) A square ratio
(b) Correlation
(c) Comparison
(d) Ranking

4. A perfect correlation graph between two variables would show ________________.
(a) one line
(b) up and down lines
(c) shaded areas in the corners
(d) overlapping vectors

5. The general intellectual knowledge of the child was calculated by subtracting the ________ age from his true chronological age.
(a) assumed
(b) mental
(c) school
(d) head size

Short Answer Questions

1. Goddard believed the mental deficients should be prevented from ____________.

2. Factor analysis is a _______ method technique.

3. "An anatomical theory for ranking __________ - based on entire bodies, not only on heads, - had been found."

4. Unlike Binet, Goddard used __________ to label and to categorize.

5. What big theory was just becoming popular in the nineteenth century?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did E.D. Cope believe affected the value of a person and the determination of their inferiority?

2. What was Havelock Ellis' major claim in his study of the measurement of bodies in order to determine value?

3. Where did Alfred Binet first begin his study of human intelligence?

4. Who was Sir Cyril Burt?

5. Was factor analysis the right technique to use in intelligence testing?

6. What were the problems of Burt's studies?

7. Define the idea of recapitulation.

8. What were the three facts upon which H.J. Eysenck based his theory of the inferiority of blacks?

9. What did Gould feel about Eysenck's arguments for black inferiority?

10. What does the factor analysis variable 'g' stand for?

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