Why Have Psychologists Encountered Difficulties with Using Intelligence Tests with Children

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Multiple Choice

Why have psychologists encountered difficulties with using intelligence tests with children from different cultural backgrounds?

• A)The children did not respond to the person giving the examination because they had been instructed by their parents not to trust that individual.
• B)The children tended to resist answering the questions because they were all written in English.
• C)The tests were too easy for most children,irrespective of background,and thus were not a valid measure of intellectual skill.
• D)The tests did not account for those backgrounds and led to stereotypes about the intelligences of kids from specific racial and ethnic groups.

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