Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Psychology

Chapter

Variations in Psychological Attributes

Question:

Assertion: A person with a mental age greater than their chronological age will have an IQ score above 100.

Reasoning: IQ is calculated by dividing chronological age by mental age and multiplying by 100.

Options:

Both the assertion and reasoning are true, and the reasoning is the correct explanation of the assertion.

Both the assertion and reasoning are true, but the reasoning is not the correct explanation of the assertion.

The assertion is true, but the reasoning is false.

The assertion is false, but the reasoning is true.

Correct Answer:

The assertion is true, but the reasoning is false.

Explanation:

IQ refers to mental age divided by chronological age, and multiplied by 100.

The number 100 is used as a multiplier to avoid the decimal point. When the MA equals the CA, the IQ equals 100. If MA is more than the CA, IQ is more than 100. IQ becomes less than 100 when the MA is less than the CA.