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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. Goddard believed the mental deficients should be prevented from ____________.
(a) breeding
(b) attending school
(c) marrying
(d) voting

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

3. "The __________ of inferior groups must be like __________ of superior groups..."
(a) adults, adults
(b) children, children
(c) children, adults
(d) adults, children

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

5. How many rules did Binet come up with in order to decrease the likelihood of his test being misused?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 1
(d) 4

Short Answer Questions

1. Havelock found that _________ males were more effeminate.

2. The answer to #48 said that humans were distinguished from _________ by the human's ability to improve himself.

3. Binet tried to devise a system of testing that would distinguish between the ____________ intelligence and the learned intelligence.

4. "______________ proved an irresistible criterion for any scientist who wanted to rank human groups as higher or lower."

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

(see the answer key)

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