Regarding Cultures and Intelligence, Which of the Following Statements Is

question 161

Multiple Choice

Regarding cultures and intelligence, which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A)Today, almost every culture tends to value the intellectual skills assessed by the Stanford-Binet and Wechsler tests.
• B)No intelligence test can be entirely free of cultural influences.
• C)Because the American culture is very "visual" due to television, movies, and video games, an American child may be better prepared to take both nonverbal tests and traditional IQ tests than children in developing countries.
• D)To find a truly culture-fair way to measure intelligence, we first need to identify those core cognitive skills that lie at the heart of human intelligence the world around.

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