EXPLAIN THE HISTORY OF MISUSE OF INTELLIGENCE TESTS IN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES. Eugenics was…

EXPLAIN THE HISTORY OF MISUSE OF INTELLIGENCE TESTS IN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES. Eugenics was the eff ort to improve a population’s “genetic stock” by encouraging people with “good genes” to reproduce, discouraging people with “bad genes” from reproducing, or both. IQ tests became an important tool of the eugenics movement, because many proponents of eugenics wished to minimize the reproduction and immigration of individuals with low IQs. In part because of eugenics, many people today view IQ tests with skepticism.

13. ________ ________is one of the extremely disturbing practices that came about as a result of the eugenics movement. (p. 323 )