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According
to Gould (IQ testing), Yerkes believed that his IQ tests measured
“native intellectual ability.”
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What
did Yerkes mean by ”native intellectual ability”?
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(b)
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Identify
two criticisms of the
test as a measure of “native intellectual ability.”
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1997
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In
the paper on IQ testing, Gould identifies three “facts” that
were created from the data collected by Yerkes.
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Identify
one of these “facts”
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[2]
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Outline
a difficulty with accepting this “fact”
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1998
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3
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From
the paper by Gould on IQ testing,
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Describe
one of the practical
problems experienced by Yerkes when he attempted the mass testing of
army recruits for the First World War
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[2]
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Give
one use that was made of
the data by politicians.
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2000
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4
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In
the article ‘A Nation of Morons’, Gould refers to three
‘scientific facts’.
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(a)
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Describe
one ‘fact’ that was concluded from the study
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[2]
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(b)
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Outline
one way in which the ‘facts’ were used to increase social
control in the United States of America
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June 2001
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5
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Explain
why Gould’s study of American I.Q. testing was sub-titled ‘A
Nation of Morons’?
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[2]
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(b)
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From
the study, suggest two factors that might affect performance on an
I.Q. test.
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Sample 2000
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6
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This
is an example of a test item similar to those found in the Army Beta
test described in Gould’s study of IQ testing
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(a)
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Identify
one problem with this test example and say why it is a problem
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[2]
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(b)
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Outline
one effect that such test items had on Yerkes’ conclusions
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January 2002
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Outline two problems
that Gould identifies in his account of Yerkes' IQ tests
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[4]
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May
2002
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8
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(a)
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From the report by
Gould, why did Yerkes use three types of IQ tests on the army
recruits?
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(b)
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Outline one problem with the Beta
tests described in this study.
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January 2003
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9
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From the review by Gould, explain what
Yerkes meant when he used the term 'native intellectual ability'.
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May 2003
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10
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From the review of IQ testing by Gould identify one of the three
'facts' created from the data gathered by Yerkes. |
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Outline one use that was made of Yerkes' data by politicians. |
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January 2004
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From Gould's review of IQ testing, identify one way in which
Yerkes' IQ tests were culturally biased |
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May 2004
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From the review by Gould describe one of
the IQ tests completed by recruits. |
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May 2005
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From the study by Gould, explain why the
IQ of the army recruits was tested. |
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January 2006
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Describe one way in which the IQ tests described by Gould were biased. |
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May 2006
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From the review by Gould identify two 'facts' that emerged from the IQ
testing on military recruits carried out by Yerkes. |
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January 2007
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