When Promised Money for Doing Well on an Intelligence Test

question 22

Multiple Choice

When promised money for doing well on an intelligence test, adolescents in four dozen studies scored higher. This best illustrates that intelligence test performance is influenced by

• A) motivation.
• B) stereotype threat.
• C) factor analysis.
• D) convergent thinking.

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