The fact that the IQ scores of two-thirds of the impoverished people in the US who are Caucasian are not significantly different from those of ethnic minority groups would support the notion that
a. the genetic differences between Caucasians and minorities account for the lower scores of some ethnic minority groups.
b. the IQ differences between African Americans and Caucasians are likely the result of poverty.
c. Caucasian people who are dull are likely to be poor.
d. poverty leads to a decline in IQ of Caucasians, but not African Americans.
B
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a. Edouard Seguin b. Charles spearman c. Jean Esquirol d. Arthur Otis
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