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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. What technique is explained in terms of geometry and matrix algebra?

2. "The __________ of inferior groups must be like __________ of superior groups..."

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

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

5. What did Binet devise in order to help test the school children?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Binet find when he went to various schools to test out Broca's theory of head measurement?

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

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

5. What did Binet do in order to fulfill the obligations of his commission in 1904?

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

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

8. What did Binet's study of intelligence begin to rely on as opposed to medical measures of intelligence?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Recapitulation is an idea that seems to allow for the ranking of people from high to low. This idea is one of the many that sprang up in the nineteenth century, and Gould is quick to point out the main issues.

Part 1: How is recapitulation defined?

Part 2: What did this theory provide that other scientific theories did not?

Part 3: How were adults and children used in the scientific theory of recapitulation?

Essay Topic 2

Biological determinism is the concept upon which the ranking systems in this book are based. By taking into consideration biology, it is thought that scientists can begin to form systems of ranking.

Part 1: What is the definition of biological determinism?

Part 2: What are some examples of research the relies on biological determinism?

Part 3: Does biological determinism seem to be a logical place to begin a system of ranking people according to value? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The idea that criminal behavior is hereditary is another idea that springs up during the introduction of evolution. The notion that criminal tendencies could spring up in the genes and then in the behaviors was widely accepted.

Part 1: Who was the main researcher of this idea of criminal behavior based on hereditary patterns?

Part 2: What were the weaknesses of this researcher's studies?

Part 3: What was the theory of atavism and what did it mean to society?

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