Which of the Following Statements BEST Describes the Relation Between

question 118

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements BEST describes the relation between ethnicity and IQ?

• A) African American children tend to have higher IQ scores than European American children.
• B) When African American and economically disadvantaged children feel more at ease with the examiner, their test scores improve considerably.
• C) When children of comparable social class are compared, the ethnic differences in IQ disappear.
• D) When culture-fair intelligence tests are used, ethnic differences in IQ scores disappear.

Explain the theories of color vision and how we perceive color.

Distinguish between rods and cones and their roles in vision.

Identify the effects of light and color on visual perception.

Describe the process and significance of dark adaptation.

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Definitions:

Statistical

Related to or based on the use of statistics, involving the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of numerical data.

Double-blind

A study design in which neither the participants nor the experimenters know who is receiving a particular treatment, thereby eliminating bias.

Parsimonious

Characterized by extreme unwillingness to spend resources or use unnecessary means; frugal.

Clever Hans

A horse in early 20th century Germany that was believed to have the ability to perform arithmetic and other intellectual tasks, later understood as an example of the observer-expectancy effect.