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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Eysenck noticed that the average ________ of whites exceeds that of blacks.
(a) height
(b) hair length
(c) IQ
(d) eye color

2. No matter how strong a correlation is, it says nothing about _________.
(a) intelligence
(b) race
(c) cause
(d) plausibility

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

4. Bolk felt what race was not only the most progressive, but also the most retarded?
(a) Black
(b) Indian
(c) White
(d) He didn't say this.

5. Negative correlation is given by vectors going in ____________ directions.
(a) the same
(b) straight
(c) opposite
(d) curved

6. Louis Bolk felt blacks were not totally ___________.
(a) pointless
(b) inept
(c) necessary
(d) useful

7. What does 'g' stand for in a graph for factor analysis?
(a) Generalization
(b) Good intelligence
(c) General intelligence
(d) Graphing

8. Which label could also live independently and reproduce and be a threat to racial health?
(a) Imbeciles
(b) Morons
(c) Idiots
(d) Debiles

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

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

11. Factor analysis was the _________ technique to be used in intelligence testing, even thought Burt went about it the wrong way.
(a) best
(b) worst
(c) easiest
(d) only

12. "______________ proved an irresistible criterion for any scientist who wanted to rank human groups as higher or lower."
(a) Determinism
(b) Recapitulation
(c) Creationism
(d) Evolution

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

14. Gould felt that Eysenck's arguments are not based on ___________ facts.
(a) statistical
(b) racial
(c) realistic
(d) measured

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many reasons did Burt feel could be used for discounting the effects of environment?

2. Goddard believed the mental deficients should be prevented from ____________.

3. In a factor analysis graph, the two vectors lie ___________.

4. Unlike Binet, Goddard used __________ to label and to categorize.

5. Where was Leon Kamin, the researcher who discovered Burt's flaws, a psychologist at?

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