Briefly present a discussion of the proposed explanations for cultural differences in IQ scores
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Arthur Jensen and the authors of The Bell Curve argued that cultural differences in average IQ are partly due to heredity; however, genetic explanations for cultural differences in IQ have been challenged on a number of grounds, including that the between-groups comparisons used for comparisons were problematic and that minority students IQ scores may be depressed because these children tend to grow up in a deprived environment.
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a. physical attacks. b. repeated telephone calls. c. excessively complimenting the person. d. following the person in public.
When American and Japanese participants were shown drawings of everyday scenes, such as a farm, and were later shown slightly changed versions of the same scene, the Americans participants tended to
a. be better at detecting changes in the figure of the scene. b. be better at finding alterations in the background of the scene. c. find fewer overall changes. d. find significantly more of the changes.