Which one of the following is a major criticism of achievement tests?
a. They only use one type of comparison group.
b. They only measure what has been learned in school.
c. They are highly correlated with IQ tests.
d. The questions are often tricky.
c. They are highly correlated with IQ tests.
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A. tests of cognitive ability. B. intelligence tests. C. tests of personality traits. D. all of the above
Which of the following statements is not true regarding the episodic buffer?
A) It has limited space capacity. B) When we are aroused, information may easily pass between the episodic buffer and long-term memory. C) Information is stored here for short periods of time, such as for a few hours or days. D) What one is thinking about at any given moment is in the episodic buffer.
Which of the following correlates with an infant's ability to habituate to a new stimulus very quickly?
A. later difficulties on other cognitive tasks B. later difficulties with decoding social cues C. later performance on intelligence tests D. later performance on social-emotional scales
Etta is taking an intelligence test based on Gardner's multiple intelligences theory. How is Etta's performance likely to be scored?
A. She will receive a score for each of three types of intelligence. B. She will be classified as having one of eight types of intelligence. C. She will receive an overall intelligence score, like an IQ. D. She will receive a score for each of eight types of intelligence.