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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. Gould thought that Eysenck's arguments were the result of __________ correlations.
(a) radical
(b) irrelevant
(c) non causal
(d) impossible

2. The field of ________ sciences was redefined during the 19th century.
(a) life
(b) mental
(c) skeletal
(d) health

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

4. Craniometry is used for the _______ status of the people ranked at the bottom of the hierarchy.
(a) educational
(b) inferior
(c) racial
(d) intelligence

5. Cesare Lombroso thought that ____________ behavior is hereditary.
(a) social
(b) sexual
(c) political
(d) criminal

Short Answer Questions

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

2. One of the perceived problems of Lombroso's theory was the need to call _________ criminals.

3. Who feels that blacks are inferior and therefore deserve the status of a slave?

4. In a factor analysis graph, the two vectors lie ___________.

5. The answer to #48 also said that adult blacks were like _______________.

(see the answer key)

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