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181) What can be accurately said about the relationship between schooling and intelligence? a. Educated people have more neural connections than less-educated people. b. Only children with high IQ scores enjoy and flourish in schools. c. Success in school involves more practical and creative intelligence. d. The duration of schooling is unrelated to IQ scores. 182) Children identified as “bloomers” in their classrooms may show elevated IQs not because of their own intelligence but because of a. demand characteristics. b. confirmation bias. c. experimenter expectancy effects. d. the Flynn effect. 183) Rosenthal’s “rapid bloomers” study demonstrated that a. students with high achievement motivation tended to outperform students with low achievement motivation. b. students who believed they were less intelligent performed worse than students believing that they were more intelligent. c. students who believed they were smart, outperformed those who did not believe that they were smart. d. higher teacher expectations of students led to higher academic performance. 184) Which of the following conclusions about the effects of breast-feeding on IQ is accurate? a. Breast-feeding increases IQ due to better nutritional health and advanced myelinization. b. Breast-feeding may increase IQ not due to health effects but the influence of a social bond between mother and infant. c. There is no difference between breast-feeding or bottle-feeding as both provide the necessary nutrition for brain development. d. While there appears to be a positive relation, there are too many confounds that prevent causal conclusions. 185) The “Flynn effect” refers to a. the finding that IQ scores have steadily decreased over the last decade. b. the finding that IQ scores have stayed the same over the last decade. c. the finding that IQ scores are negatively correlated with education levels. d. the finding that IQ scores have steadily increased over the last decade. 186) Research into the Flynn effect has been studied in several countries, with the longest span of time since 1942 reported in a. Belgium. b. Norway. c. the United States. d. Britain. 187) Which of the following is not one of the explanations for the Flynn effect? a. Increased complexity of the modern world b. Poorer nutrition c. Changes at home and school d. Increased test sophistication 188) According to the Flynn effect, if the average IQ in 2010 is 105, what will the average IQ be in 2050? a. 109 b. 113 c. 117 d. 125 189) General findings concerning gender differences and IQ scores reveal that a. women tend to score higher on verbal tasks than men. b. women tend to score higher on geographical tasks than men. c. women tend to score higher on advanced math reasoning tasks than do men. d. women tend to score higher on spatial ability tasks than men. 190) Ivie and Ray’s (1990) study tracked female graduates in various academic disciplines over 35 years. Each of the disciplines increased over that time, except one that increased sharply, and then decreased. Which discipline is that? a. Computer science b. Engineering c. Mathematics d. Physics