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imanialler

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Which one of the following statements most accurately reflects the concept of distributed intelligence?
 
  a. How intelligent children become is, to some extent, a function of the number of siblings they have; children from larger families tend to have slightly lower IQ scores.
  b. How intelligent students are is, to some extent, a function of class size; students achieve at lower levels when they are in larger classes.
  c. Students almost invariably perform at higher levels in some academic subject areas than they do in others.
  d. Students can behave more intelligently when they can use outside resources as well as their minds.

Question 2

Three of the following statements about the effects of heredity and/or environment on intelligence are accurate. Which one is not accurate?
 
  a. Children tend to get higher IQ scores when they attend school regularly.
  b. Poor nutrition in the early years can adversely affect children's cognitive development.
  c. Biologists working in the Human Genome Project have recently identified the chromosome that carries the intelligence gene.
  d. On average, children's performance on intelligence tests has risen around the world, suggesting that improvements in environmental conditions enhance IQ.


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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

c



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