The Eugenics Movement Would Have Been Most Likely to Encourage

question 42

Multiple Choice

The eugenics movement would have been most likely to encourage

• A) selective breeding of highly intelligent people.
• B) creation of special education programs for intellectually inferior children.
• C) construction of culturally and racially unbiased tests of intelligence.
• D) use of factor analysis for identification of various types of intelligence.

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