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Jordan Jorgenson
on Oct 29, 2024
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Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A) On average, African Americans have lower socioeconomic status than white Americans.
B) Black children adopted into white, middle-class families end up with IQs higher than the national average for black children.
C) Degree of African ancestry is unrelated to IQ.
D) Within the same environments, black-white differences in IQ disappear.
Socioeconomic Status
A measure of an individual's or family's economic and social position relative to others, based on income, education, and occupation.
African Ancestry
refers to the lineage or heritage of an individual or community tracing back to the African continent.
- Determine the influence of environmental and genetic elements on variations in intelligence quotients.
- Examine and differentiate between the effects of genetic factors and environmental influences on the disparities in IQ scores among races.
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JB
Learning Objectives
- Determine the influence of environmental and genetic elements on variations in intelligence quotients.
- Examine and differentiate between the effects of genetic factors and environmental influences on the disparities in IQ scores among races.
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