Efforts to demonstrate innate differences in intelligence by race through the use of IQ tests are faulty because:
a. blacks tend to be underrepresented in the studies
b. it cannot be established that there are distinctive racial types
c. the conditions under which the tests are given tend to favor whites
d. the tests used are biased against minority groups
D
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a. racial inequalities b. social and religious values c. family values d. gender roles
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