After Making a Simple Mistake,Wilma Says,"I Can't Help That I'm

question 10

Multiple Choice

After making a simple mistake,Wilma says,"I can't help that I'm not intelligent.It's just the way I'm hard-wired." Wilma's comment reveals a misconception about genetic influences because ____.

• A) complex traits like intelligence are influenced by many genes, as well as environmental factors
• B) intelligence has not been found to be highly heritable
• C) most people fall within two standard deviations on a distribution of intelligence
• D) controversial studies on intelligence used group differences to predict an individual's intelligence

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