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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. Which view was based on the story of Adam and Eve?
(a) Polygenism
(b) Racial ranking
(c) Monogenism
(d) Recapitulation

2. Factor analysis is a _______ method technique.
(a) calculus
(b) correlation
(c) algebraic
(d) variable

3. Bolk felt what race was not only the most progressive, but also the most retarded?
(a) Black
(b) White
(c) He didn't say this.
(d) Indian

4. According to Lombroso, the genes of the past are contained in the hereditary of the individual and the ___________ surfaces at times.
(a) playfulness
(b) shyness
(c) behavior
(d) aggression towards women

5. Factor analysis was the _________ technique to be used in intelligence testing, even thought Burt went about it the wrong way.
(a) worst
(b) easiest
(c) only
(d) best

Short Answer Questions

1. David Hume was a believer in the superiority of the _______ and polygeny.

2. What technique is explained in terms of geometry and matrix algebra?

3. What outside factors are being alluded to in #151?

4. No matter how strong a correlation is, it says nothing about _________.

5. Who were like white adolescents?

(see the answer key)

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