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根据短文,回答题HumanintelligenceandtheIQscalesusedtomeasureitonceagainarebecomingthefocusoffierydebate.Asargumentragesoverdecliningtestscoresinthenation’sschools,anoldbutexplosiveissueisreappearing:Whatisintelligenceandisitdeterminedlargelybygenetics?
ThecontroversyeruptedmorethanadecadeagowhensomeUSscholarssawaracialpatterninthedifferingscoresofstudentstakingintelligenceandcollege-entrancetests.
Now,theracialissueisbeingjoinedbyothers.Teachers,psychologists,sclentlstsandlawyersargu。overthequestionofwhetherIQ—intelligencequotient—testsactuallymeasurementalability,orii士lndmgsareskewedbysuchfactorsasfamilybackground,povertyandemotionaldisorders-
Moreover,someauthoritiesassertthattheriseinthenumberofcollege-educatedAmericansandtheirtendencytomarryamongthemselvesarecreatingaclassofsuper-smartchildrenofbrainyparents—and'ontheothersideofthescale,alumpenproletariatofchildrenreflectingthesupposedlyinferiorbrainpoweroftheirparents,
CriticssuchasHarvardUniversitybiologistRichardC.Lewontindisagree.Ifmentalabilitywerelargelydeterminedbvinheritance,hesays,effortstoenhanceintelligencethroughthebettermentofbothhomeandchild-rearingenvironmentscouldonlybemarginallyeffective.Hecomments:
"Geneticdeteminismcouldbeusedtojustifyexistingsocialinjusticeaspredeterminedandinevitableandwouldrendereffortsmadetowardequalitariangoalsasuseless."
SupportingLewontininthisisJ.McViekerHunt,aprofessorattheUniversityofIllinois,whomaintainsthatIQlevelscanberaisedsignificantlybyexposingchildrenatanearlyagetostimulatingenviroments.Hunt’sstudiesshowthatearlyhelpinsuchareasaseducationandnutritioncanraiseachildsIQbyaDaverageof30to35points.
AtstakeintheuproaroverIQisthenationalcommitmenttoimprovethecapabilitiesoithepoorbyinvestingbillionsofdollarsannuallyineducational,medicalandjobprograms.ThecontroversyoverIQtestsisreappearingbecauseof__________. A.thenewlyfoundracialpatternunderlyingstudents’performance
B.theworseningstudents’performanceintheirstudies
C.thelong-standingdivisioninthedefinitionofintelligence
D.thedubiousIQscalesusedtomeasureintelligence
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