Why Do Most Deaf and Foreign-Born People Get Higher Scores

question 52

Multiple Choice

Why do most deaf and foreign-born people get higher scores on the Raven's Progressive Matrices than on most other IQ tests?

• A)Raven's Matrices directly measure brain activity.
• B)​Raven's Matrices give partial credit for answers that are almost correct.
• C)​Raven's Matrices have a distribution with a larger standard deviation.
• D)​Raven's Matrices do not require the use of language.

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