TESTING AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
GROUP DIFFERENCES AND THE QUESTION OF BIAS
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race
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racism
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racial groups
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all of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The scientific consensus is that there is no evidence for a genetic component behind IQ differences between racial groups.
Detailed explanation-2: -Racial and ethnic groups differ in their average intelligence test scores. The evidence suggests that environmental differences are largely, perhaps entirely, responsible for these group differences.
Detailed explanation-3: -Group differences in IQ are real and are primarily or entirely caused by social and/or environmental factors. Group differences in IQ do not truly exist and are the result of inappropriate use of the tests themselves.
Detailed explanation-4: -Psychologists revise the test every few years in order to maintain 100 as the average. Most people (about 68 percent) have an IQ between 85 and 115. Only a small fraction of people have a very low IQ (below 70) or a very high IQ (above 130). The average IQ in the United States is 98.