What Seems to Have Happened to the IQ of the American

question 126

Multiple Choice

What seems to have happened to the IQ of the American population between 1930 and 1980?

• A) there was no change
• B) average IQ declined by 3-5 points
• C) average IQ increased by 3-5 points
• D) average IQ increased by 13-15 points

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Definitions:

Lab Animals

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Titchener--Structuralism

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Freud--Behaviorism

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