Intelligence - Misuse of Intel Tests

Question 1

Define Selective Breeding

Answer 1

When traits are heritable, organisms with desirable traits can be bred together to produce offspring that also share those traits.

Question 2

Elaborate on Eugenics

Answer 2

Intelligence is heritable (r = 0.50)

POSITIVE EUGENICS

• People with noteworthy characteristics (poets, athletes, scientists) should be encouraged to reproduce
• Its called POSITIVE EUGENICS bc it encourages certain people to reproduce

NEGATIVE EUGENICS

• People that society/government does not deem fit to reproduce should be sterilized
• Negative Eugenics restricts opportunities for reproduction

Question 3

Eugenics in Practice

Answer 3

WWII Germany: It was illegal for women who were “genetically fit” to get abortions

1934 Sweden: Sterilized 60,000 deviant and mentally ill individuals

Question 4

Alberta Sterilization Act

Answer 4

Passed in 1928

WWI had huge economic and social impact across the world

The dominant theory suggested that war was mainly caused by countries needing more land to accommodate growing populations

OBSERVATIONS

Mentally and social deficient and those who lived in poverty reproduced at a higher rate than the ideal individuals

They are a large burden to society, and the main source of violent crime

IMPLICATION

Sterilizing the poor, feeble-minded, and socially deficient is a preventative measure of war

ISSUES

IQ tests were not always accurate

Immigration and testing

THE ASA was terminated in 1972