Ms Ramrod Believes That the Intelligence Quotient (IQ) Test Is

question 49

Multiple Choice

Ms. Ramrod believes that the intelligence quotient (IQ) test is a good measure of her fourth-graders' genetically determined intellectual capacities. The school principal should advise caution, especially for:

• A) Delphinia, whose family owns the local bank.
• B) Eduardo, whose great-grandparents moved to the United States from Spain.
• C) Farrah, who lives with her mother, a professor at the local community college.
• D) Carlos, whose mother is living below the poverty line.

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Definitions:

Word Fluency

The ability to rapidly retrieve words from memory, often tested by asking individuals to produce as many words as possible from a category in a limited time.

Fluid Intelligence

The aspect of intelligence involved in the ability to think abstractly, reason quickly, and solve problems in novel situations, independent of acquired knowledge.

Quick Reasoning

The ability to think and form judgments rapidly and efficiently.

Correlational Research

A type of non-experimental research method used to measure the extent to which two variables are related, without implying causation.