In an Experiment Designed to Learn More About Why Some

question 498

Multiple Choice

In an experiment designed to learn more about why some people perform so poorly on standardized tests, the researcher, Claude Steele, hypothesized that:

• A) IQ scores are directly linked to racial categories, no matter what other variables are present.
• B) IQ scores are linked to what students perceive to be the consequences of their getting a low score.
• C) IQ scores are positively correlated with higher socio-economic groups.
• D) IQ scores are not a fair measurement of intelligence.

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