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

2. Louis Bolk felt blacks were not totally ___________.
(a) pointless
(b) useful
(c) inept
(d) necessary

3. Which view was based on the idea that inferior races can not be linked to the whites because they started from a separate group of DNA and people?
(a) Recapitulation
(b) Monogenism
(c) Racial ranking
(d) Polygenism

4. Eysenck believed the _____________ development of black youngsters develops more quickly than in whites.
(a) sensory motor
(b) motor
(c) physical
(d) tactile

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Burt's papers and data were ____________, which seems to be when his falsifications began.

2. Spearman found that intelligence is a ____________ thing.

3. Where was Leon Kamin, the researcher who discovered Burt's flaws, a psychologist at?

4. If inferiority is cultural, then it can be changed by __________ factors

5. Craniometry is used for the _______ status of the people ranked at the bottom of the hierarchy.

(see the answer key)

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