With Regard to the Role of the Environment in Influencing

question 17

Multiple Choice

With regard to the role of the environment in influencing intelligence scores, which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A) Spending a longer time in an impoverished environment leads to a lower IQ score.
• B) Spending a longer time in an enriched environment leads to a higher IQ score.
• C) The Flynn effect cannot be explained genetically.
• D) The correlation between brothers' IQ scores does not vary with the separation in age of the brothers.

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