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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One problem that resulted from Binet's test was this idea: If intelligence was ____________, it was inevitable.
(a) possible
(b) inherited
(c) weak
(d) useful

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

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

4. Eysenck thought that those with ______ rapidly developing skills (as mentioned in #100) also had lower IQ scores.
(a) fewer
(b) more
(c) very
(d) less

5. Spearman also found there is a _______ substrate for intelligence except that this can be affected by outside factors.
(a) concept
(b) imaginary
(c) mental
(d) physical

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Binet believed that not all intelligence was ___________.

3. "s" was considered the product of _________ by both Spearman and Burt.

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

5. "Mental testing becomes a theory for enhancing ___________ through proper education."

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Binet's major worry about the work he was doing with intelligence testing?

2. What does the factor analysis variable 'g' stand for?

3. Was factor analysis the right technique to use in intelligence testing?

4. Define the idea of recapitulation.

5. What do correlations not imply in regards to the studies in which they are used?

6. Where did Alfred Binet first begin his study of human intelligence?

7. What did E.D. Cope believe affected the value of a person and the determination of their inferiority?

8. What were the problems of Burt's studies?

9. What does Cesare Lombroso have to say about criminal behavior?

10. What did Louis Bolk have to say about whites and blacks?

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