The positive correlation between IQ scores of unrelated children reared in the same home shows the influence of their
a. shared environmental experiences.
b. personally unique environmental experiences.
c. personally unique nutritional preferences.
d. personally unique genetic heritages.
Question 2The Flynn effect refers to a long-term secular trend in which
a. later generations have become less religious.
b. hereditary influences have become stronger.
c. IQs have risen by three points in entire populations over each decade.
d. evolution has expanded the brain's performance.
Question 3A rising tide lifts all ships.. This slogan describes the
a. distinction between crystallized and fluid intelligence.
b. genetic hypothesis of intelligence.
c. principle of stereotype threat.
d. Flynn effect of intelligence.
Question 4Kinship correlations of IQ increase when their biological relatedness increases. This fact supports the view that intelligence is influenced by
a. shared environmental experiences.
b. heredity.
c. each child's unique nonshared environmental experienced.
d. nutrition because people living together eat together.
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