When Promised Money for Doing Well on an Intelligence Test,adolescents

question 112

Multiple Choice

When promised money for doing well on an intelligence test,adolescents in four dozen studies scored higher.This best illustrates that intelligence test performance is influenced by

• A) motivation.
• B) stereotype threat.
• C) a growth mindset.
• D) heritability estimates.

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Ida B Wells

An African American journalist, abolitionist, and feminist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States during the 1890s.

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