If a Psychologist Wanted to Test Spearman's Concept of a "G

question 171

Multiple Choice

If a psychologist wanted to test Spearman's concept of a "g" factor in intelligence, what kind of data should the psychologist collect?

• A) correlations between performances on various intellectual tasks
• B) information on similarities and differences in the IQ scores of identical twins reared in separate environments
• C) data on the means and standard deviations for people of various ages when they take IQ tests
• D) surveys of whether psychologists believe that IQ tests actually measure intelligence

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