What Is One Criticism of the Conclusions Offered by Richard

question 183

Multiple Choice

What is one criticism of the conclusions offered by Richard Herrnstein and Charles Murray in The Bell Curve?

• A) They confused polygenic and monogenic inheritance.
• B) Few people have taken intelligence tests, so their conclusions have limited generalizability.
• C) They failed to distinguish between correlation and causation.
• D) Their data were obtained improperly.

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