A Survey of the History of Intelligence Testing Reinforces the Important

question 102

Multiple Choice

A survey of the history of intelligence testing reinforces the important lesson that

• A) although science strives for objectivity,scientists can be influenced by their personal biases.
• B) the experiment is the most powerful tool available for examining cause-effect relationships.
• C) different theoretical perspectives on behavior may be complementary rather than competing.
• D) scientists are more concerned with the development of theory than with its practical application.

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