Because of the need to measure the IQ of
people of varying ages, newer IQ tests base their evaluation of IQ on ________.
a) mental age alone
b) deviation scores from the mean of the normal distribution
c) giving extra points for older folks to compensate for their slower processing times
d) variance IQ scores
ANS: b
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