Describe some of the factors that may account for differences between the IQ scores between Blacks and Whites
What will be an ideal response?
These differences may be due to genetics (Jensen's view), whereas others claim it has more to do with upbringing and environment. In terms of the environment, poverty, schooling, poor prenatal health, nutrition, access to books and computers, parental time and education, self-fulfilling prophecies, school quality, test bias, training, and who is doing the testing may all impact scores.
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to chance to be statistically significant. a. 5 b. 7 c. 10 d. 12 e. 50
Which of the following is the correct order of Piaget's stages?
a. sensorimotor, concrete operational, preoperational, and formal operational b. sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational c. sensorimotor, preoperational, formal operational, and concrete operational d. the order varies from individual to individual