Which of the following is not a suggestion made by psychologist Miller-Jones to improve assessment of minority children with IQ and other standardized tests?
a. The cognitive processes that might be involved in the task should not be specified.
b. Multiple tasks with different materials should be used with the same individual.
c. Procedures are needed so that an examiner can probe for the reasoning of a child's answers.
d. Tests must be appropriate for the culture from which the child comes.
Question 2
All of the following are possible reasons for the differences in IQ between European American and minority children except
a. minority children are more likely than European American children to live in low-socioeconomic status homes.
b. the cultures of minorities are typically less sophisticated than those of European Americans.
c. minorities are aware of stereotypes for their particular social group and tend to confirm the negative stereotype when it is activated.
d. the tests are biased and based on skills and knowledge that are deemed important by the majority culture.
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