What Can Be Concluded About the Stability and Change of Intelligence

question 71

Multiple Choice

What can be concluded about the stability and change of intelligence in childhood?

• A)Intelligence test scores can fluctuate dramatically across the childhood years.
• B)Intelligence is not as stable as the original intelligence theorists envisioned.
• C)Children have the capacity for intellectual change but they do not become entirely new intelligent beings.
• D)All of these can be concluded.

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