When the variability of test scores is the critical factor in determine the grades the students received, which method of grading is being used?
a. absolute grading
b. relative grading
c. statistical grading
d. expectancy grading
B
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Research has found that when parents use a(n) ____ style to help their children expand on their descriptions of events, they will have earlier memories of childhood when they reach adolescence
a. measured b. formal c. idiomatic d. conversational
Maggie, who just found out she is four weeks pregnant, has syphilis. A competent doctor would most likely advise her to
a. have an abortion, as the child will be severely deformed from the disease. b. take penicillin treatments that will significantly reduce the chances that the syphilis will impact her baby. c. be prepared for a baby that will be born blind, as she has already passed the point where treatments are effective. d. not treat the disease until the child is delivered, as the medications used would cross the placental barrier and cause more damage to the unborn child than would the disease itself.
According to Ebbinghaus's savings curve, savings is a function of
a. word familiarity. b. sensory modality. c. elapsed time. d. reaction time.
Which view of intelligence states that intelligence is a set of mental abilities that permit individuals to adapt to any context and to select and modify the contexts in which they live and behave?
A. cognitive-developmental B. multiple intelligences C. triarchic theory of intelligence D. behaviorist