The eugenics movement would have been most likely to encourage
A) selective breeding of highly intelligent people.
B) creation of special education programs for intellectually inferior children.
C) construction of tests to measure a variety of intelligences.
D) use of factor analysis for identification of various types of intelligence.

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The eugenics movement was focused on promoting the genetic improvement of the human population by encouraging reproduction among individuals with desirable traits and discouraging reproduction among those with undesirable traits. Therefore, they would have likely encouraged selective breeding of highly intelligent people, as intelligence was considered a desirable trait. The other choices do not align with the philosophy of the eugenics movement.

The Eugenics Movement Would Have Been Most Likely to Encourage