The Flynn Effect Refers to the Fact That

question 59

Multiple Choice

The Flynn effect refers to the fact that

• A) White and Black infants score equally well on measures of infant intelligence.
• B) Asian students outperform North American students on math achievement tests.
• C) the IQ scores of today's better-fed and educated population exceed that of the 1930s population.
• D) individual differences within a race are much greater than between-race differences.

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

A psychological study conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University, where students were assigned roles of prisoners and guards to explore the effects of perceived power.

Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.