首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Human intelligence and the IQ scales used to measure it once again are becoming the focus of fiery debate. As argument rages
Human intelligence and the IQ scales used to measure it once again are becoming the focus of fiery debate. As argument rages
admin
2009-05-09
58
问题
Human intelligence and the IQ scales used to measure it once again are becoming the focus of fiery debate.
As argument rages over declining test scores in the nation’s schools, an old but explosive issue is reappearing; What is intelligence — and is it determined largely by genetics?
The controversy erupted more than a decade ago when some U. S. scholars saw a racial pattern in the differing scores of students taking intelligence and college-entrance tests.
Now, the racial issue is being joined by others. Teachers, psychologists, scientists and lawyers argue over the question of whether IQ — intelligence quotient — tests actually measure mental ability, or if findings are skewed by such factors as family background, poverty and emotional disorders.
Moreover, some authorities assert that the rise in the number of college-educated Americans and their tendency to marry among themselves are creating a class of supersmart children of brainy parents — and, on the other side of the scale, a lumpenproletariat of children reflecting the supposedly inferior brainpower of their parents. Critics such as Harvard University biologist Richard C. Lewontin disagree. If mental ability were largely determined by inheritance, he says, efforts to enhance intelligence through the betterment of both home and child-rearing environments could only be marginally effective. He comments :
" Genetic determinism could be used to justify existing social injustice as predetermined and inevitable and would render efforts made toward equalitarian goals as useless. "
Supporting Lewontin in this is J. McVicker Hunt, a professor at the University of Illinois, who maintains that IQ levels can be raised significantly by exposing children at an early age to stimulating environments. Hunt’s studies show that early help in such areas as education and nutrition can raise a child’s IQ by an average of 30 to 35 points.
At stake in the uproar over IQ is the national commitment to improve the capabilities of the poor by investing billions of dollars annually in educational, medical and job programs.
The controversy over IQ tests is reappearing because of
选项
A、the newly found racial pattern underlying students’ performance.
B、the worsening students’ performance in their studies.
C、the long-standing division in the definition of intelligence.
D、the dubious IQ scales used to measure intelligence.
答案
B
解析
该题为细节题。根据第二段“As argument rages over declining test scores in the nation’s schools,an old but explosive issue is reappearing:What is intelligence——and is it determined largely by genetics?”可知,因为学生考试成绩下降,关于智力决定因素问题的争议再次出现,故选B。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/LfPd777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语四级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语四级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
Somemoderncitiesareusuallyfamousforpeoplewholiveaverylongtime.
Somemoderncitiesareusuallyfamousforpeoplewholiveaverylongtime.
Throughoutourcountry,moreandmoreprivateschoolsaresetup.Somepeopledoubtabouttheeffectivenessoftheseprivatesch
Somechoicesmayberequiredmorethanonce.SectionAChangecanbeablessingoracurse,dependingonyourperspecti
Besidesthefunctionsasavitalentertainmentmedium,whatelsecanpeopleuseaTVas?
Besidesthefunctionsasavitalentertainmentmedium,whatelsecanpeopleuseaTVas?
WhatwastheAmericaneconomicsystembasedonuntil1930?
Howdowemeasuretheeconomicreturntohighereducation?Typicallyitiscalculatedasthedifferencebetweenaveragewagesof
HumanintelligenceandtheIQscalesusedtomeasureitonceagainarebecomingthefocusoffierydebate.Asargumentrages
随机试题
车辆转向突然失控时,应立即用力踏下制动踏板,使车辆尽快减速停止。
患者,26岁。因胎膜早破行会阴侧切术分娩产后10天,出现寒战、高热。体温达39℃,下腹部疼痛,恶露淡血性浑浊,有异味。妇科检查:冰冻骨盆,且有明显压痛。最可能的诊断是
地下贮库的建设应遵循的技术要求包括()。
大理石的弯曲强度为()MPa。
下列各项中,不属于存货变动储存成本的是()。
决定是一种法规性的下行文,适用于()。
根据下面资料,回答以下问题:2015年6月底,全国光伏发电累计装机容量达到3578万千瓦,其中,光伏电站3007万千瓦,分布式光伏571万千瓦。全国各省(区、市)中,累计光伏发电装机容量超过100万千瓦的分别为甘肃578万千瓦、新疆570万千瓦、
何谓全球传播?全球传播有何基本特点?全球传播与国际传播是何种关系?(中国传媒大学2013年研)相关试题:怎样理解全球传播?(南京师大2018年研)
党的十五大把“三步走”战略的第三步进一步具体化,提出的阶段性目标是
在无线局域网中,客户端设备用来访问接入点(AP)的惟一标识是______。
最新回复
(
0
)