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The eugenics movement would have been most likely to encourage:

Correct answer: D. selective breeding of highly intelligent people.

  • A. creation of special education programs for intellectually inferior children.
  • B. use of factor analysis for identification of various types of intelligence.
  • C. federal programs, such as Head Start, to assist students from poverty areas.
  • D. selective breeding of highly intelligent people.

Explanation

Eugenics applied heredity ideas to human population improvement and advocated encouraging reproduction among supposedly desirable groups while restricting others. Selective breeding of highly intelligent people reflects this approach.

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