Spearman Inferred the Existence of a "G" Factor in Intelligence

question 155

Multiple Choice

Spearman inferred the existence of a "g" factor in intelligence because of his evidence that, on the average,

• A) people who live in prosperous countries do better on IQ tests than those in poorer and less educated countries.
• B) each generation of people scores higher on IQ tests than the last generation.
• C) people who do well on a test of one ability also do well on tests of other abilities.
• D) high-IQ parents tend to have high-IQ children.

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Definitions:

Base-Pairing Rules

The base-pairing rules describe how nucleotides form pairs in DNA and RNA through hydrogen bonding: adenine pairs with thymine (uracil in RNA) and cytosine pairs with guanine.

A-T

Adenine-Thymine, a base pair in DNA where adenine (A) pairs with thymine (T) through hydrogen bonds, crucial for the structure of DNA.

Okazaki Fragments

Short segments of DNA synthesized on the lagging strand during DNA replication, eventually joined together to form a continuous strand.