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In the United States, intelligence tests were to classify recruits and draftees for service in World War II. The more technical jobs were assigned to men with higher scores. Sociologists also noted racial differences in scores, and some supposed that these differences were inherent. A controversy over this matter has raged ever since.
 
In the United States, intelligence tests were to classify recruits and draftees for service in World War II. The more technical jobs were assigned to men with higher scores. Sociologists also noted racial differences in scores, and some supposed that these differences were inherent. A controversy over this matter has raged ever since.
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Open questions for psychologists and sociologists focus on what produces differences in [[intelligence]], whether intelligence can be developed or stunted by upbringing and education, and why different [[race]]s or cultural groups have significantly different scores.
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Open questions for psychologists and sociologists focus on what produces differences in [[intelligence]], whether intelligence can be developed or stunted by upbringing and education, and why different [[race]]s or cultural groups have significantly different scores. Many have ascribed such differences to the cultural bias of the tests [http://wilderdom.com/personality/intelligenceCulturalBias.html].
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