Concerning the Historical Misuses of IQ Testing, Which Is True

question 109

Multiple Choice

Concerning the historical misuses of IQ testing, which is true?

• A)Immigrants scoring low on IQ tests usually did so because of a lack of familiarity with the English language.
• B)A majority of immigrants who were given IQ tests tended to score in the average to above average range.
• C)IQ tests given to immigrants in the early 1900s were valid measures of intelligence.
• D)Women tended to outscore men on IQ tests during the early 1900s.

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Definitions:

Slave Code

Laws established in the colonial and antebellum South to regulate the lives of enslaved African Americans, dictating virtually every aspect of their lives.

Stephen Douglas

An American politician from Illinois and designer of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which promoted popular sovereignty allowing settlers to decide if they would allow slavery within their borders.

Southern Democrats

Members of the Democratic Party in the southern United States, historically associated with the defense of slavery pre-Civil War and support for segregation and Jim Crow laws post-Civil War.

1858 Senatorial Campaign

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