The tendency for test takers to agree on most of the items is called a(n)

a. guessing threshold.
b. acquiescence response set.
c. item difficulty.
d. the miss rate.


b

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a. Wundt and structuralism c. Freud and Wertheimer b. James and functionalism d. Watson and structuralism

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The theorist who believed that children learn language when they are reinforced by parental attention was

Jean Piaget. B. F. Skinner. Noam Chomsky. Lev Vygotsky.

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Which of the following statements is a possible explanation for greater brain activity in older adults?

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