Every Few Years Psychologists Restandardize IQ Tests to Maintain a Constant

question 170

Multiple Choice

Every few years psychologists restandardize IQ tests to maintain a constant mean and distribution. If they had not done so, what would have happened to the mean IQ score of the population?

• A) it would have increased until about 1970 and then leveled off
• B) it would have increased until about 1970 and then declined
• C) it would have increased steadily over the decades
• D) it would have decreased steadily over the decades