When Jared's 10-Year-Old Daughter Is Given the Wechsler Intelligence Scale

question 209

Multiple Choice

When Jared's 10-year-old daughter is given the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) and gets a score of 130, Jared can't wait to tell his child her score. Give Jared the best reason NOT to take this step.

• A) The score says little about Jared's daughter's school aptitude.
• B) If Jared tells his daughter her score, she may not feel she needs to study because she thinks, "I'll do well no matter how hard I work."
• C) Jared's daughter's score is likely to change over the next several years.
• D) Knowing her score won't give Jared's daughter any information about how she is likely to do in English and math this year.

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