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NClaborn

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The Abecedarian Project conducted at the University of North Carolina demonstrated that high-risk children at a high-quality preschool
 
  a. had raised scores on intelligence tests but that gain faded out by sixth grade.
  b. had slightly fewer arrests and higher incidents of home ownership than the controls.
  c. earned significantly higher scores on intellectual and academic measures as young adults.
  d. showed no difference in short- or long-term achievement than students in a control group.

Question 2

Social Darwinist theories like those of Jensen, Herrnstein, and Murray seem to provide a scientific justification for racist beliefs by
 
  a. attempting to invalidate the IQ test because it obviously discriminates against the poor.
  b. validating the IQ test as a legitimate measure of intelligence.
  c. giving credence or prominance to scientific inquiry.
  d. rendering the cognitive elite useless and doomed to failure.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 2, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: c. earned significantly higher scores on intellectual and academic measures as young adults.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: b. validating the IQ test as a legitimate measure of intelligence.


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NClaborn

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Reply #2 on: Jul 2, 2018
Correct answers!


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Reply #3 on: Jul 2, 2018
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