A High Correlation Between the IQs of Adopted Children and the IQs

question 147

Multiple Choice

A high correlation between the IQs of adopted children and the IQs of their biological mothers would support the ________ view of intelligence. A high correlation between the IQs of adopted children and their adoptive mothers would support the ________ view of intelligence.

• A) nature; nurture
• B) nature; nature
• C) nurture; nurture
• D) nurture; nature

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