If you took the WAIS-IV when you were 18 and
again when you were 25, and the scores were the same, what could you conclude?
a) that you had increased your IQ
b) that the WAIS-IV is reliable
c) that your IQ has decreased
d) that the WAIS-IV is flawed
ANS: b
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