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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The answer to #142 indicates how much of a change there is in one variable due to a change in __________.
(a) another variable
(b) the numbers
(c) the environment
(d) the weather

2. According to Lombroso, the genes of the past are contained in the hereditary of the individual and the ___________ surfaces at times.
(a) playfulness
(b) shyness
(c) behavior
(d) aggression towards women

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

4. Eysenck believed the _____________ development of black youngsters develops more quickly than in whites.
(a) sensory motor
(b) motor
(c) tactile
(d) physical

5. ______________ is a way of measuring the relationship between variables.
(a) Correlation
(b) Ranking
(c) Comparison
(d) A square ratio

6. Binet spend a lot of time measuring skulls to see the correlation between size and intelligence, like Broca claimed, but his findings did not correlate with the __________ designation of smart and dumb.
(a) teacher's
(b) data's
(c) government's
(d) Broca's

7. The answer to #93 caused a slowdown in ____________, leading to inferiority.
(a) development
(b) skin coloring
(c) hair coloring
(d) sexual characteristics

8. Gould thought that Eysenck's arguments were the result of __________ correlations.
(a) impossible
(b) non causal
(c) radical
(d) irrelevant

9. Binet also noticed differences between the figures collected by himself and by his student, ___________.
(a) John
(b) Simon
(c) Paul
(d) Morton

10. E.D. Cope thought that _______ Europeans were inferior to others.
(a) Western
(b) Northern
(c) Eastern
(d) Southern

11. What was Lombroso's theory known as?
(a) Criminalism
(b) Atavism
(c) Alavism
(d) Artavism

12. "Mental testing becomes a theory for enhancing ___________ through proper education."
(a) intelligence
(b) potential
(c) races
(d) excellence

13. Members of the inferior group were always compared with ________ children.
(a) black
(b) white
(c) young
(d) Indian

14. Sir Cyril Burt was a medical tester who studied ___________.
(a) white adults
(b) idiots
(c) blacks
(d) twins

15. A perfect correlation graph between two variables would show ________________.
(a) up and down lines
(b) one line
(c) overlapping vectors
(d) shaded areas in the corners

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had a mental age between 3 and 7?

2. Factor analysis was the _________ technique to be used in intelligence testing, even thought Burt went about it the wrong way.

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

4. Bolk felt what race was not only the most progressive, but also the most retarded?

5. Louis Bolk felt blacks were not totally ___________.

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