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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gould want to find in science that will support the idea that biological determinism is a result of social prejudice?
(a) Cultural influences
(b) Faulty logic
(c) Errors in correlation
(d) Bad data systems

2. Ranking is used to determine that various disadvantaged groups are ______________.
(a) exemplary
(b) inferior
(c) growing
(d) unnecessary

3. Gould wants to reexamine the existing __________ for craniometry and intelligence testing.
(a) scientific researchers
(b) sciences
(c) data sets
(d) logic

4. What is the study of measuring the human head in order to assess intelligence called?
(a) Psychology
(b) Craniometry
(c) Neurology
(d) Cranial-sacral therapy

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

Short Answer Questions

1. It is logical to assume that mentality and ____________ are located in the brain.

2. What does Socrates feel will happen when all people are intelligent?

3. According to Gould, science must be viewed in its ________ context since culture and environment also influence facts and theories.

4. Gould also wants to look for problems in the ___________ data.

5. Each person is assigned a single ________ that determines his ranking on the scale.

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