In constructing his intelligence test for adults, David Wechsler focused on
a. creating a culturally-fair test that emphasized verbal items.
b. creating a test that could be administered to groups of individuals.
c. including nonverbal, or performance, subtests.
d. including items that emphasized the assessment of interpersonal skills.
Answer: c. including nonverbal, or performance, subtests.
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a. only until about 10 years of age. b. only during adolescence. c. only during adulthood. d. throughout the lifespan.
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a. in their effort to avoid being culturally biased, therapists could miss certain symptoms b. expressions of personality in one culture may differ from those in another culture c. norms overlap in most cultures, and ethnicity is difficult to determine d. diagnostic differences are rarely due to actual cultural differences
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a. is defined by IQ alone. b. cannot be determined by using an IQ test. c. involves an IQ below 70-75 and adaptive problems. d. is not considered a valid term today.
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A) describe B) explain the cause of C) intervene in the development of D) experiment on