Research on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Intelligence Indicates That

question 174

Multiple Choice

Research on racial and ethnic differences in intelligence indicates that

• A) school desegregation has actually decreased the academic achievement of Black American children.
• B) the average mathematics achievement test scores of Asian students are higher
• Than those of North American students.
• C) among American Blacks, those with the most African ancestry receive the highest intelligence test scores.
• D) the Black-White difference in intelligence test scores has increased in recent

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Absolute Threshold

The minimum intensity of a stimulus that one can detect 50% of the time.

Difference Threshold

The minimum difference between two stimuli required for detection 50 percent of the time. We experience the difference threshold as a just noticeable difference (or jnd).

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