Which of the following statements regarding the relationship between intelligence scores and socioeconomic status is FALSE?
A) Research evidence has been unable to find any consistent relationship between
intelligence test scores and socioeconomic status.
B) Children living in poverty have fewer educational opportunities, and that could lead to
lower IQ scores.
C) In the United States, ethnic minority children are overrepresented in the lower
socioeconomic classes.
D) When socioeconomic status is held constant, the mean IQ differences between Caucasians
and African-Americans is reduced.
A
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