When five-year-old Aliens began elementary school the teachers noticed that compared to other children his interests and activities were restricted and he did not interact with other children
His motor behavior was often stereotyped and repetitive, and he appeared clumsy when he walked. A battery of psychological tests reveals no evidence of mental retardation. Based on his age and symptoms, which disorder would mental health professionals suspect in this case?
a) Radios disorder
b) autistic disorder
c) Asperger's disorder
d) childhood disintegrative disorder
c
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A psychologist gets people's scores on many tests of intellectual performance and determines the correlations among them. It appears she is probably testing which of these theories?
a. The Flynn effect b. Spearman's g factor c. The role of genetics in intelligence d. Chomsky's language acquisition device
Which of the following pairs of terms related to the goals of science are MOST clearly associated with the concept of correlation?
a. understanding and prediction b. description and understanding c. description and prediction d. prediction and application
The perceptual tendency to group together objects that are near each other is called
a. proximity. b. similarity. c. continuity. d. common fate.
Qualitative research differs from quantitative research because it a. is conducted in the laboratory
b. seeks to gain an understanding of what governs behavior. c. is non-correlational. d. relies heavily on statistical analysis.