Lewis Terman and the other psychologists who adopted IQ tests for use in the United States in the early 1900s believed that intelligence is ____.
A) solely influenced by the environment
B) fixed and inherited
C) influenced by the reaction range
D) nonexistent

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Lewis Terman and other psychologists who adopted IQ tests believed in the concept of innate intelligence, which implies that intelligence is fixed and inherited. They believed that IQ is a reliable measure of an individual's innate intelligence and can be used to predict their success in life.

Lewis Terman and the Other Psychologists Who Adopted IQ Tests