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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. Hume believed there was never a __________ nation that wasn't made of white men.
(a) conflict ridden
(b) civilized
(c) productive
(d) useless

2. What outside factors are being alluded to in #151?
(a) Sociological
(b) Physical
(c) Mental
(d) Environmental

3. In America, the theory of polygeny was supported by Louis __________.
(a) Smith
(b) Hume
(c) Agassiz
(d) Agassi

4. Socrates says that class is ____________.
(a) Predetermined
(b) Useful
(c) Inhumane
(d) Unneccesary

5. In a factor analysis graph, the two vectors lie ___________.
(a) away from each other
(b) One on top of the other
(c) close to each other
(d) on opposite sides of the graph

Short Answer Questions

1. Eysenck noticed that the average ________ of whites exceeds that of blacks.

2. Gould does not believe that ____________ change reflects changes in social concepts.

3. What was Lombroso's theory known as?

4. "For the past two centuries, scientific claims have become the primary agent for validating Plato's ________."

5. What group of students/people, as discovered by their intelligence level in response to Binet's test, was most dangerous and trainable?

(see the answer key)

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