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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Eysenck thought that those with ______ rapidly developing skills (as mentioned in #100) also had lower IQ scores.

4. Binet believed that not all intelligence was ___________.

5. What outside factors are being alluded to in #151?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was Binet commissions to do in 1904?

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

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

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

8. What were the three facts upon which H.J. Eysenck based his theory of the inferiority of blacks?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the end, Gould seems to come to the conclusion that humans don't necessarily adapt because of biology and biological changes. There are other reasons for adaptation.

Part 1: What is one way humans can adapt, which is not biological in nature?

Part 2: What is the main flaw of the previous studies Gould has mentioned in the book?

Part 3: How do you feel about Gould's ideas? Do they make sense to you? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The condemnation of other races seems to be the target of many of the intelligence studies and their study parameters. Studies seem to have been created just to point out the inferiority of these races.

Part 1: Which races are singled out in this book as being less than intelligent?

Part 2: What are the reasons given for these races being less than intelligent? What is the 'proof' the scientists have to offer?

Part 3: Do you think it's possible for one race to be inferior to another? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The idea of ranking people is the primary focus of this book. When we can rank people, we can classify them as more or less valuable to society, it seems.

Part 1: What are some of the other benefits of ranking people in this world?

Part 2: What are the disadvantages of ranking people in society?

Part 3: How are some ways we rank people already? Are there already systems of ranking present in this world? What are they? How do they work? Are they effective?

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