The formula currently used for calculating the correlation coefficient was developed by ____
a. Galton
b. Thorndike
c. Cattell
d. Binet
e. Pearson
e
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Regarding the effects of socioeconomic status (SES), which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. One way to look at environmental effects is to compare children adopted by parents of high or low SES. b. Children who grow up in high SES homes develop higher IQs than those reared by lower SES parents. c. The higher SES homes provide an enriched environment, with better nutrition, greater educational opportunities, and other advantages. d. The IQs of high SES children are more dramatically influenced by environmental factors than the IQs of low SES children.
The Kauai study by Emmy Werner found that of children who were exposed to four or more risk factors in the first two years of life:
a. all developed significant behavioral and mental health problems before the end of adolescence. b. one third demonstrated resiliency and did not develop serious problems in their lives. c. the majority displayed criminal behavior as adults. d. the majority displayed serious mental illness as adults.
Electroencephalograms (EEGs) were first developed and used by Raymond Damadian in Germany in 1924.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
As an alternative to infant tests, some researchers have turned to __________ measures to assess early mental development
A) adult IQ B) operant learning C) information-processing D) classical conditioning