The Flynn effect is characterized by

A. an average decline in measured intelligence each year from the year that a test was normed.
B. a testtaker's unexpected manipulation of a number 2 pencil as if it was a sword.
C. an average rise in measured intelligence each year from the year a test was normed.
D. fluctuating scores in measured intelligence as a presumed function of different dominant sources of variance.


Answer: C

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