The motivational factor in IQ testing refers to how

a. strongly a child works hard to excel during the test.
b. African-American children are challenged to disprove racist theory.
c. Caucasian examiners secretly lower the scores of African-American children.
d. innate genetic ability is expressed through the score.


A

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