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根据以下材料,回答题HumanintelligenceandtheIQscalesusedtomeasureitonceagainarebecomingthefocusoffierydebate.
Asargumentragesoverdecliningtestscoresinthenation'sschools,anoldbutexplosiveissueisreappearing;Whatisintelligence-andisitdeterminedlargelybygenetics?
ThecontroversyeruptedmorethanadecadeagowhensomeU.S.scholarssawaracialpatterninthedifferingscoresofstudentstakingintelligenceandcollege-entrancetests.
Now,theracialissueisbeingjoinedbyothers.Teachers,psychologists,scientistsandlawyersargueoverthequestionofwhetherIQ-intelligencequotient-testsactuallymeasurementalability,oriffindingsareskewedbysuchfactorsasfamilybackground,povertyandemotionaldisorders.Moreover,someauthoritiesassertthattheriseinthenumberofcollegeeducatedAmericansandtheirtendencytomarryamongthemselvesarecreatingaclassofsupersmartchildrenofbrainyparents-and,ontheothersideofthescale,alumpenproletariatofchildrenreflectingthesuppos-edlyinferiorbrainpoweroftheirparents.
CriticssuchasHarvardUniversitybiologistRichardC.Lewontindisagree.Ifmentalabilitywerelargelydeterminedbyinheritance,hesays,effortstoenhanceintelligencethroughthebetter-mentofbothhomeandchild-rearingenvironmentscouldonlybemarginallyeffective.Hecomments:
"Geneticdeterminismcouldbeusedtojustifyexistingsocialinjusticeaspredeterminedandinevitableandwouldrendereffortsmadetowardequalitariangoalsasuseless."
SupportingLewontininthisisJ.McVickerHunt,aprofessorattheUniversityofminois,whomaintainsthatIQlevelscanberaisedsignificantlybyexposingchildrenatanearlyagetostimula-tingenvironments.Hunt'sstudiesshowthatearlyhelpinsuchareasaseducationandnutritioncanraiseachild'sIQbyanaverageof30to35points.
AtstakeintheuproaroverIQisthenationalcommitmenttoimprovethecapabilitiesofthepoorbyinvestingbillionsofdollarsannuallyineducational,medicalandjobprograms.
ThecontroversyoverIQtestsisreappearingbecauseof A.thenewlyfoundracialpattemunderlyingstudents’performance.
B.theworseningstudents’performanceintheirstudies.
C.thelong—standingdivisioninthedefinitionofintelligence.
D.thedubiousIQscalesusedtomeasureintelligence.
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