Regarding ethnicity and IQ scores, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Studies that used actual blood grouping testing found no significant correlations between ethnic ancestry and IQ scores.
b. Although IQ predicts school performance, it does not predict later career success.
c. What psychologist Robert Sternberg calls analytic intelligence may be seen by minority cultures as more important than practical intelligence.
d. Most psychologists have concluded there is no scientific evidence that group differences in average IQ are based on genetics.
ANSWER: c
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