As you may have guessed, there are no right or wrong answers to the essay questions in this practice test. That does not mean, however, that all essays are equally good. To get maximum learning benefit from the essay questions, do the following:

• Review each essay a day or two after you wrote it, noting any necessary corrections and any additional support for your points that you can think of.
• Review the section in your textbook that pertains to the topic of each essay. Annotate your essay with any corrections or additional support for your points that you find in the text.
• Spend a few minutes researching the topic of each essay on the Internet. Annotate your essay further with any additional (reliable) information you find.
• Finally, reread each essay with the annotations you have added.

1		Considering what you learned in this chapter about language, explain why you think it is, or is not, a valuable component of every child's education to learn a foreign language in elementary school.
2		Considering what you learned in this chapter about reasoning and problem solving, do you think it is likely that in the foreseeable future computers, and perhaps an elite class of techies who know how to program computers, will surpass humans and take over our reasoning and problem solving functions?
3		Taking into consideration the narrowing but still significant gap in mean intelligence test scores between White Americans and African-Americans, do you support college affirmative action programs that promote the admission of African-American students? Explain your position, using information about intelligence testing found in this chapter.