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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. The craniometry argument is the first __________ argument that has been offered.
(a) reliable
(b) plausible
(c) scientific
(d) logical

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

3. Who had a mental age between 3 and 7?
(a) Imbeciles
(b) Morons
(c) Debiles
(d) Idiots

4. Havelock Ellis was a scientist who claimed the superiority of __________ during this period.
(a) elderly people
(b) children
(c) men
(d) women

5. It is logical to assume that mentality and ____________ are located in the brain.
(a) logic
(b) spirit
(c) intelligence
(d) potential

Short Answer Questions

1. Binet was worried, however, that his testing might cause the child to be ___________ in school.

2. Gould thought that Eysenck's arguments were the result of __________ correlations.

3. Socrates' friend does not believe his ideas, saying that it is a lie and that ________ generations won't believe it, but ________ generations might.

4. Broca also thought that ________ should be denied the benefits of education due to smaller brains.

5. Louis Bolk felt blacks were not totally ___________.

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