In the United States, early attempts to measure IQs began more than one hundred years ago. These studies examined primarily:
A) schoolchildren, army recruits, and immigrants
B) prisoners sentenced for violent crimes
C) government bureaucrats
D) construction workers, salespersons, and farmers
E) the elderly from Italian and Irish neighborhoods

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Early attempts to measure IQs in the United States focused on studying schoolchildren, army recruits, and immigrants. This was likely due to a desire to understand the intellectual abilities of those who would be shaping and contributing to American society. These studies were also influenced by eugenicist beliefs and the idea that intelligence was hereditary, leading to a focus on measuring the intelligence of immigrant populations.

In the United States, Early Attempts to Measure IQs Began