David Wechsler objected to the Stanford-Binet IQ test's overemphasis on

a. language-based verbal skills.
b. multiple intelligences.
c. correct answers, when knowledge is known to be relative.
d. items based in Caucasians' history and cultural experiences.


A

Psychology

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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a. the representativeness heuristic b. counterfactual thinking c. ironic processing d. the self-fulfilling prophecy

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A. meta analysis B. post hoc error C. post hoc analysis D. pretesting phase

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