¶ … Galton's prediction of what would happen if person took a standardized college exam twice. There are three references used for this paper. Galton created theories on what determined a person's mental capabilities.

By examining the man, an idea can be formed of what his predictions would be concerning retaking a standardized college exam.

The man, his theories and those who were influenced by him will be explored to warrant this prediction.

What Galton Would Predict

Galton believed intelligence is inherited and people are predisposed to only achieving so much on test. Therefore, he would predict a person taking a standardize college entrance exam twice would have similar scores on each test. He would feel that no matter how many times the test was administered, the chance of having any significant improvement on the test would be doubtful due to the person's genetics.

He founded eugenics, which is the "study of hereditary improvement of the human race by controlled selective breeding (http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/index.html)."
Galton believed that talent is an inherited characteristic (unknown, 2002).

Eugenics and Tests

Galton devised eugenics and soon had a following in some circles of the scientific community. Fellow eugenicists eventually became interested in psychometrics which is the "psychological theory of mental measurement (Garland, 1996)."

Psychometrics soon became used to develop standardized IQ tests.

Psychometricians who formed IQ test for preschoolers and the Army felt genetics determined a person's mental ability, and because of this, certain social and ethnic groups could only achieve what their…