Multiple Choice
The nineteenth-century English scientist Sir Francis Galton believed that
A) mental abilities cannot be measured.
B) superior intelligence is biologically inherited.
C) academic aptitude involves divergent rather than convergent thinking.
D) intelligence test performance depends on motivation rather than ability.
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