Discussion
Galton attempted to measure intelligence in order to demonstrate that intelligence was determined by :
Answer: A
Galton wanted to show that intelligence was determined by heredity.
Francis Galton, Darwin's cousin, argued in Hereditary Genius (1869) that eminence ran in families and so intelligence was inherited. He set up an anthropometric laboratory to measure reaction time, sensory acuity and other simple capacities, believing these reflected inherited mental ability, and he founded the eugenics movement on the same belief.
He gave little weight to experience, so options crediting experience, alone or jointly, do not describe his aim.
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