Regarding the performance of various ethnic groups on IQ tests, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Historically, African-American children have scored an average of 15 points lower on standardized IQ tests than European-American children.
b. As a group, Japanese-American children score above average on IQ tests.
c. When unequal education is part of the equation, IQs may tell us little about how heredity affects intelligence.
d. One study found that placing poor African-American children into European-American adoptive families had no effect on the children's IQs.
D
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