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Dr.Abreu believes that intelligence is determined not by one gene but by many interacting genes.Dr.Abreu believes that intelligence is


A) polygenetic.
B) determined by heritability.
C) a product of experience.
D) determined solely by the family-environment effect.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

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With increasing age,adopted children's verbal ability scores become ________ positively correlated with their adoptive parents' scores and ________ positively correlated with their biological parents' scores.


A) more;more
B) less;less
C) more;less
D) less;more

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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Males' reading ability scores vary ________ than females' scores,and males' math test performance scores vary ________ than females' scores.


A) less;more
B) more;less
C) less;less
D) more;more

E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

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In one massive study of 11,000 twin pairs in four countries,the heritability of general intelligence was found to be greatest during


A) early childhood.
B) middle childhood.
C) adolescence.
D) young adulthood.

E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

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Tahir teaches ninth-grade science classes in a high school located in an economically deprived area of a large city.He stresses to his students that their effort is just as important,if not more important,than their current ability because their brain is still growing and developing.Tahir is trying to help his students through fostering


A) their general intelligence.
B) epigenetics.
C) their growth mindset.
D) polygenetics.

E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Which of the following observations provides the best evidence that intelligence test scores are influenced by environment?


A) Identical twins raised apart are less similar in their intelligence scores than identical twins raised together.
B) The intelligence scores of children are positively correlated with those of their parents.
C) Identical twins are more similar in their intelligence scores than are fraternal twins.
D) The intelligence scores of siblings raised together are positively correlated.

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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Compared with men,women are ________ capable of remembering objects' spatial locations and they are ________ sensitive to taste and color.


A) more;less
B) less;more
C) more;more
D) less;less

E) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Experts who defend intelligence tests against the charge of being culturally biased and discriminatory would be most likely to highlight the ________ of intelligence tests.


A) stability
B) content validity
C) predictive validity
D) heritability

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Interventions that promote intelligence teach early teens that the brain is like a muscle that strengthens with use.This idea is designed to encourage teens to view intelligence as


A) solely determined by polygenetics.
B) a biologically determined capacity.
C) changeable over time.
D) fixed over time.

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Boys are most likely to outperform girls in a


A) computerized video game competition.
B) speed-reading tournament.
C) spelling bee.
D) speech-giving contest.

E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

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Which of the following observations provides the BEST evidence that intelligence test scores are influenced by environment?


A) Identical twins raised apart are less similar in their intelligence scores than identical twins raised together.
B) The intelligence scores of children are positively correlated with those of their parents.
C) Identical twins are more similar in their intelligence scores than are fraternal twins.
D) The intelligence scores of siblings raised together are positively correlated.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Compared with North American students,Asian students score ________ on math achievement tests and spend ________ time studying math in school.


A) lower;less
B) higher;less
C) lower;more
D) higher;more

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Intelligence test scores are LEAST similar for


A) nontwin siblings raised together.
B) fraternal twins raised together.
C) identical twins raised together.
D) identical twins raised apart.

E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

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When 200 researchers pooled their data on 126,559 people,all the gene variations analyzed accounted for a very ________ percentage of the differences in educational achievement among individuals in this group.This suggests that there are ________ genes that contribute to intelligence.


A) small;many
B) small;very few
C) large;many
D) large;very few

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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Twenty-two-year-old Teresa is a Black woman scheduled to take the GRE.To ensure her best performance and reduce the chance of stereotype threat,which of the following situations would you recommend for her?


A) She should take the test in a room with both men and women present.
B) A Black woman should administer the test.
C) A White woman should administer the test.
D) Teresa will not be influenced by the race of the people administering or taking the test.

E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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On which of the following tasks are men most likely to outperform women?


A) speed reading
B) interpreting literature
C) learning a foreign language
D) mentally rotating three-dimensional objects

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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J.McVicker Hunt observed children in an Iranian orphanage being raised in an extremely deprived environment.These children were passive and cognitively immature.Hunt's successful training program for Iranian caregivers encouraged them to engage in ________ with these infants.


A) DNA profiling
B) adoption studies
C) language-fostering games
D) heritability estimates

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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Girls are most likely to outperform boys in a


A) grammar test.
B) mathematical reasoning test.
C) computer programming contest.
D) chess tournament.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Sarah comes from a loving but poor family.Her family wants her to do well in school,and so has enrolled her in a program to boost her cognitive and social skills,called


A) Project Epigenetics.
B) Project Growth Mindset.
C) Project Head Start.
D) Project Polygenetics.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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The heritability of intelligence is highest among


A) genetically similar individuals who have been raised in similar environments.
B) genetically similar individuals who have been raised in different environments.
C) genetically different individuals who have been raised in similar environments.
D) genetically different individuals who have been raised in different environments.

E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

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