Your Text States That the Effects of Poverty on IQ

question 108

Multiple Choice

Your text states that the effects of poverty on IQ are especially apparent in tests of language skills and on tasks relying on executive control. What might you predict, then, with respect to the potential effect of poverty on fluid and crystallized intelligence more broadly?

• A) Poverty should affect both fluid and crystallized intelligence.
• B) Poverty should affect fluid but not crystallized intelligence.
• C) Poverty should affect crystallized but not fluid intelligence.
• D) Poverty should affect fluid and crystallized intelligence about equally.

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