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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. It was discovered that there was no general _________ of intelligence as Spearman once thought.
(a) coefficient
(b) ranking
(c) vector
(d) variable

2. Members of the inferior group were always compared with ________ children.
(a) Indian
(b) black
(c) young
(d) white

3. The author of "An American Dilemma" says that Americans and others would only consider the __________ factors when they were forced to.
(a) spiritual
(b) educational
(c) environmental
(d) biological

4. Which was the top-ranked race in practitioners of racial ranking?
(a) Blacks
(b) Indians
(c) Whites
(d) Chinese

5. People with ______ had smaller brain sizes than those who were suddenly killed in accidents.
(a) low iron
(b) children
(c) diseases
(d) AIDS

Short Answer Questions

1. The answer to #55 was known as a _________ because he looked for small differences between species.

2. The principal components approach allowed Burt to identify _________ factors.

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

4. Gould goes on to say that science has not been constrained by _________.

5. Eysenck thought that those with ______ rapidly developing skills (as mentioned in #100) also had lower IQ scores.

(see the answer key)

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