What was one reason the Educational Testing Service gave for the decline in SAT scores of graduating high school seniors during the 1960s and 1970s?
A. increasing numbers of minority students taking the SAT
B. weaker academic records and increased diversity of student backgrounds
C. changing attitudes of parents leading to lack of confidence in education
D. student perceptions that scoring well on standardized tests was not “cool”
Ans: B
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a. Alan and Brewster are equally likely to use verbal strategies for remembering. b. Brewster is more likely than Alan to use verbal strategies for remembering. c. Alan is more likely than Brewster to use verbal strategies for remembering. d. Both Alan and Brewster are unlikely to use verbal strategies for remembering.
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a. best at very low levels of arousal. c. best at very high levels of arousal. b. best at intermediate levels of arousal. d. uninfluenced by the level of arousal.
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a. educational knowledge. b. replication. c. finding a better way to support the hypothesis. d. publication. e. validation.
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A) 7 B) 8 C) 12 D) 16