Which of the following is a more likely explanation of the Flynn effect?
a. Better nutrition
b. Practice effects of taking intelligence tests
c. Improvements in the gene pool
d. Exposure to technology
Answer: D
Rationale: This is supported by the observation that the lowest scores have not been nearly so far below average in recent decades suggests test scores are rising simply because people now have more experience taking tests.
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a. social and emotional factors; behavioral consequences b. behavioral consequences; social and emotional factors c. cognitive and environmental factors; biological changes d. biological changes; cognitive and emotional factors
Freud viewed this part of the mind as the mediator, resolving conflicts between one's impulses and one's ideas about right and wrong
a. id b. ego c. superego d. mediating region