Multiple Choice


1	Broca’s craniometry data was used as evidence in which debate(s)?
		A)	Localization of function
		B)	Women’s right to get an education
		C)	Nature versus nurture
		D)	All of the above


2	Binet and Féré mistakenly believed that people under hypnosis could demonstrate _______.
		A)	bilingualism
		B)	transfer
		C)	polarization
		D)	Both B and C


3	The seemingly fantastic phenomena in hypnotized patients, as demonstrated by Binet and Féré, were actually the result of _____.
		A)	suggestion
		B)	magnets
		C)	hysteria
		D)	ergot poisoning


4	In the 1880s, the leader of hypnosis research at La Salpêtrière was _______, while the leader at the Nancy school was _______.
		A)	Féré; Charcot
		B)	Charcot; Bernheim
		C)	Bernheim; Liébault
		D)	Liébault; Féré


5	What was the primary purpose of Binet and Simon’s first intelligence scale?
		A)	To improve the placement of new military personnel
		B)	To identify children who may be retarded
		C)	To identify children who may be exceptional
		D)	Both B and C


6	Who introduced the intelligence quotient (IQ)?
		A)	Binet
		B)	Simon
		C)	Goddard
		D)	Stern


7	What is the most accurate way to describe Goddard’s role in bringing the Binet-Simon scale to America?
		A)	He translated the test from French into English
		B)	He took a little-known product and marketed it effectively
		C)	He took the ideas behind the French test and used them to make a truly American test
		D)	He redesigned the test so that masses of people could take it at one time


8	Gregor’s Mendel’s most important contribution to science was his development of
		A)	improved agricultural techniques
		B)	a common ground between research and religion
		C)	a valid set of principles of genetic inheritance
		D)	an effective means for assessing the intelligence of a species


9	With what regularity did Mendel find recessive qualities to appear in his controlled studies?
		A)	One out of four plants
		B)	One out of 100 plants
		C)	Half the new plants
		D)	The randomness of his results revealed no pattern at all


10	Which of the following statements best characterizes what Goddard found at Ellis Island?
		A)	Around 80% of immigrants from southern and eastern European countries were feebleminded
		B)	Around 25% of immigrants from southern and eastern European countries were feebleminded
		C)	Feeblemindedness was equally prevalent in immigrants from all European countries
		D)	Cultural differences made him reluctant to make any claims about feeblemindedness


11	Terman’s revision of the Binet-Simon scale ______.
		A)	was tested on a standardization sample of thousands of people
		B)	was little more than a translation from French to English
		C)	was designed to make every child feel intelligent
		D)	received only modest levels of acceptance


12	Who were the Termites?
		A)	Members of the feebleminded family studied by Goddard
		B)	People sterilized under eugenic purification laws
		C)	Immigrants passing through Ellis Island
		D)	Participants in a study of gifted children


13	Terman’s historic longitudinal investigation was a study of __________.
		A)	genius
		B)	feeblemindedness
		C)	genetics
		D)	Both B and C


14	Who published a study titled The Great Apes?
		A)	Terman
		B)	Goddard
		C)	Royce and Palmer
		D)	Yerkes and Watterson


15	The primary goal of psychologists working for the American war effort during WWI was to _____.
		A)	assist in treating and preventing cases of shell shock
		B)	foster effective diplomacy through identification of cultural differences
		C)	assist in classifying men according to their mental ability
		D)	train soldiers to control both fear and pain


16	Unlike the Army Alpha test, the Army Beta test was designed for _______.
		A)	pilots and other highly skilled soldiers
		B)	illiterate people
		C)	non-English speakers
		D)	Both B and C


17	In the 1920s, Terman and __________ carried out a harsh and public debate about the validity and utility of intelligence tests.
		A)	Goddard
		B)	Stern
		C)	Burt
		D)	Lippmann


18	What was the eleven-plus program?
		A)	A program for streaming children into careers based on test scores
		B)	A program for assignment of personnel in the military
		C)	An enrichment program for gifted children
		D)	A formula for determining immigration quotas


19	Which of the following is described by Hothersall as arguably the most controversial book in the history of psychology?
		A)	The Mentality of Apes
		B)	The Bell Curve
		C)	Walden Two
		D)	Hereditary Genius

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