Joni claims that she is intellectually gifted because she "possesses" an IQ of 145. She is most clearly committing the error known as:
a. heritability.
b. the Flynn effect.
c. reification.
d. the naturalistic fallacy.
e. savant syndrome.
Answer: c. reification.
Psychology
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