Studies Have Demonstrated That the Intelligence (IQ)of Adopted Children Is

question 41

Multiple Choice

Studies have demonstrated that the intelligence (IQ) of adopted children is more similar to that of their biological parents than to that of the adoptive parents who raised them since infancy.What does this suggest?

• A) Environment plays a particularly strong role in the development of IQ.
• B) Heredity plays a particularly strong role in the development of IQ.
• C) People who adopt children are not very smart.
• D) Children who are adopted are not very smart.

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Definitions:

Alternative Value

Often refers to a different or non-standard value or outcome considered in decision-making or analysis.

Power

The ability of a statistical test to detect an effect if the effect actually exists.

Type II Error

The error that occurs when failing to reject a false null hypothesis, also known as a false negative.

Type I Error

occurs when a true null hypothesis is incorrectly rejected in a statistical test.