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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. What was the nationality of H. J. Eysenck?
(a) Swiss
(b) German
(c) Swedish
(d) British

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. No matter how strong a correlation is, it says nothing about _________.

2. "G" was considered to be _________.

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

4. Gould felt that Eysenck's arguments are not based on ___________ facts.

5. What big theory was just becoming popular in the nineteenth century?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Havelock Ellis' major claim in his study of the measurement of bodies in order to determine value?

2. What did Burt try to claim he had developed, though it was later shown to be a false claim?

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

4. What did Ellis find happened to men who were living in urban areas?

5. What was Binet commissions to do in 1904?

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

7. How were Burt's papers and data related to his studies destroyed?

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

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

10. Binet was also trying to create a test that distinguished between what?

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