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One of the reasons that test makers have to repeatedly restandardize IQ tests is due to the Flynn effect. Describe the Flynn effect. What do test makers have to do with test questions to address the Flynn effect? Given the restandardizing that test-makers have to do, what would you expect to happen to your IQ test if you took the test now and again in 25 years?


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