What Observation Does the Flynn Effect Refer to

question 79

Multiple Choice

What observation does the Flynn effect refer to

• A) The IQ scores of children raised in substandard environments gradually decrease as the children get older. 
• B) Heritability estimates of intelligence vary widely. 
• C) The reaction range of intelligence is identical for the vast majority of the population. 
• D) IQ test performance has been rising steadily in the industrialized world since the 1930s.

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