Experts Who Defend Intelligence Tests Against Accusations of Racial Bias

question 95

Multiple Choice

Experts who defend intelligence tests against accusations of racial bias note that racial differences in intelligence test scores

• A) have increased in the past decade despite the introduction of less culturally biased test items.
• B) occur on nonverbal as well as verbal intelligence test subscales.
• C) are a clear indication that the heritability of intelligence approaches 100 percent.
• D) are just as significant as intelligence differences among members of a single race.

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