The Beliefs That Being Gifted or a Genius Leads to Being

question 174

Multiple Choice

The beliefs that being gifted or a genius leads to being weird, socially awkward, or more likely to suffer from mental illnesses were put to rest by __________.

• A) Binet's development of the concept of IQ
• B) the development of the WAIS tests by Wechsler
• C) the Army Alpha tests study
• D) Terman's longitudinal study of gifted children

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