Professor Holden gives a psychology exam on

the origins of intelligence. She gives a short answer question based on the IQ scores of a parent-child pair. In order to answer the question correctly, her students need to remember that ________.
a) a parent's high IQ does not necessarily cause a child to have a high IQ

b) given these variables, the correlation will be positive

c) given these variables, the correlation will be negative
d) given these variables, the correlation will be uncorrelated


ANS: a

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