James Watson said he was „inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa“ because „all our social
policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours . whereas all the
testing says not really“. True or false in your opinion?

A.     Listen to the reactions to Watson’s comments.


B.     Read the article from the Telegraph.co.uk and compare with what you have listened to. Then
listen again.


C.     Listen and complete the information on the following items.

Francis Galton

Charles Davenport

H.H.Goddard

IQ tests

Eugenics record office

Race Betterment Association

Immigration Act

Compulsary sterilisastion laws

genetic determinism why now again?


D.    Read the text and answer the questions

1.      Who was Franz Boas and why is his discovery important?


2.      Was Frederick Jackson Turner in favor of immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe? Why
not?


3.      What did eugenicists like Charles Davenport think would happen because of immigration from
Southern and Eastern Europe?



4.      Who was Franz Boas? What is Boas affectionately known as? What did Boas study? What did he
discover?


5.      What were the 3 categories of mental defectives?



6.      Who was given the Alpha and Beta tests? What was the difference between the Alpha and Beta
tests? Were the questions on the tests appropriate measures of intelligence? Why not?