The fact that children with higher IQ scores tend to come from homes that provide them with cognitively challenging materials such as puzzles and books BEST supports the theory that:

A. intelligence and poverty are highly positively correlated events.
B. environmental factors impact intelligence.
C. genes determine intelligence.
D. identical twins are more intellectually similar than any random set of siblings.


Answer: B

Psychology

You might also like to view...

The best way to measure a person's current level of knowledge or competence in a particular subject is to use an appropriate aptitude test

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology

Typically, the memory loss associated with retrograde amnesia:

a. is not permanent, and the memories recover slowly over time b. is permanent, with no recovery of the lost memories c. becomes worse with time, with more memories being lost d. only affects semantic memory, leaving episodic memory intact

Psychology

An organized, generalized knowledge structure in long-term memory is a(n) ____

a. ?trace b. ?icon c. ?engram d. ?schema

Psychology

People responding to surveys or interviews tend to want to present themselves in a good light, thus reducing the accuracy of their responses. This is called the _____ response

a) positive bias b) social desirability c) lie d) unintentionally false

Psychology