AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

BIOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
of people fall within 30 points of what IQ score?
A
80
B
90
C
100
D
110
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -For example, you can read from the chart that around 2.7% of population has an IQ of 100.

Detailed explanation-2: -On many tests, a score of 100 is considered the average IQ. Sixty-eight percent of scores fall within one standard deviation of the mean (that is, between 85 and 115). That means that nearly 70% of all people score within plus or minus 15 points of the average score.

Detailed explanation-3: -About 95% of individuals have IQ scores in the interval 100 ± 2 ( 15 ) = [ 70, 130 ] .

Detailed explanation-4: -An average person scores 100 on an IQ test using the Stanford-Binet IQ scale. A score of 137 to 160 is considered the top 1 percent to . 01 percent of all scorers.

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