Francis Galton believed that
A) if evolutionary principles could be applied to human intelligence, that the human species could be improved.
B) a person's mental age should be compared against their chronological age.
C) human intelligence is divided into verbal and non verbal skills.
D) socialization was more important than genetics in determining intelligence.

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Francis Galton was a eugenicist who believed in the possibility of improving human intelligence through selective breeding, a concept that came to be known as "positive eugenics." He believed that intelligence was hereditary and that, by encouraging the most intelligent members of society to reproduce, the human race could be improved over time.

Francis Galton Believed That