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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 principal components approach allowed Burt to identify _________ factors.
(a) multi-variate
(b) basic
(c) G
(d) group

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

3. "s" was considered the product of _________ by both Spearman and Burt.
(a) understanding
(b) training
(c) opportunity
(d) imagination

4. Louis from #55 believed that there were different centers of _________.
(a) life
(b) possibility
(c) creation
(d) races

5. On what did Bean gather information?
(a) Shoe size
(b) Social status
(c) Corpus callosum
(d) Family intelligence

Short Answer Questions

1. The general intellectual knowledge of the child was calculated by subtracting the ________ age from his true chronological age.

2. Negative correlation is given by vectors going in ____________ directions.

3. How many rules did Binet come up with in order to decrease the likelihood of his test being misused?

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

5. Where was Robert Bennett Bean a physician?

(see the answer key)

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