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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Hereditarian Theory of IQ.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kinds of weaknesses is Gould looking to find in the arguments of other scientists presented in this book?
(a) Spiritual
(b) Psychological
(c) Scientific
(d) Ethical

2. What kinds of measures did Binet turn his attention to when he realized skull measuring wasn't effective?
(a) Foot
(b) Spiritual
(c) Fingers and toes
(d) Psychological

3. Goddard was trying to develop a _____________ scale to measure intelligence.
(a) linear
(b) multi-linear
(c) non-linear
(d) unilinear

4. Intelligence, according to Goddard, came from ________ and nothing else.
(a) race
(b) school
(c) books
(d) family lines

5. What was the nationality of H. J. Eysenck?
(a) Swiss
(b) British
(c) German
(d) Swedish

Short Answer Questions

1. "We now encounter the second ____________ - ranking..."

2. Flaws in the experimental design, according to Gould, do not lead to _________ in the numbers.

3. What did Gould see Broca had formed before he ever started his research?

4. Which was the top-ranked race in practitioners of racial ranking?

5. Gould felt that Eysenck's arguments are not based on ___________ facts.

(see the answer key)

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