The Nineteenth-Century English Scientist Sir Francis Galton Believed That

question 25

Multiple Choice

The nineteenth-century English scientist Sir Francis Galton believed that

• A) mental abilities cannot be measured.
• B) superior intelligence is biologically inherited.
• C) academic aptitude involves divergent rather than convergent thinking.
• D) intelligence test performance depends on motivation rather than ability.

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