When Completing a Verbal Aptitude Test,members of an Ethnic Minority

question 35

Multiple Choice

When completing a verbal aptitude test,members of an ethnic minority group are particularly likely to perform below their true ability levels if they believe that the test

• A)is a measure of emotional intelligence as well as academic intelligence.
• B)assesses their interests as well as their abilities.
• C)is biased against members of their own ethnic group.
• D)results in a distribution of scores that forms a bell-shaped curve.

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