You Are Working in the Student Placement Office When Dr

Multiple Choice

You are working in the student placement office when Dr.Heath comes to find a student research assistant.She tells you that she needs a really creative student to assist with the design of her latest project.She asks if the student files show each student's IQ score, because she wants to use that information to make her decision.Based on what is known about creativity and intelligence, you should:

A) tell Dr. Heath that a student's grade point average will provide a more accurate measure of his or her creativity
B) pull the files for all students with IQ scores greater than 130, because there is a strong positive correlation between IQ score and level of creativity
C) explain that IQ scores and creativity actually have a negative correlation, so she should avoid hiring a student with a high IQ score
D) tell Dr. Heath that creativity is only weakly related to intelligence, and IQ score cannot be used to accurately predict a student's overall level of creativity