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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