Conclusions

Question 1

What Yerkes would conclude from his research

Answer 1

Intelligence is an innate quality
The average man of most nations would be considered a ‘moron’
Mental testing of this kind is valid and scientific

Question 2

What Gould would conclude from Yerkes research

Answer 2

Systematic errors in the design and administration led to black and European people scoring lower
The tests were so disorganised, they were not a reflection of intelligence

Question 3

Yerkes quantitative data

Answer 3

Mental age scores of recruits from different ethnic/cultural backgrounds

Question 4

Gould qualitative data

Answer 4

The beta test was criticised as it was meant to be for illiterate men, but you had to use a pen
Criticised the conditions of the tests saying the people would have been ‘either utterly confused or scared shitless’