When using the Binet-Simon scale, what is meant by mental age?
a. how old the child is physically
b. the intellectual level at which the child is functioning
c. how old the child will be before he/she reaches average intelligence
d. the age at which IQ can begin to be tested
B
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a. 20–39 b. 40–64 c. 65–74 d. 75+
Fluid intelligence is to __________, as crystallized intelligence is to __________
A) life experiences; "on the spot" reasoning B) pragmatics of intelligence; mechanics of intelligence C) raw brain power; an educated brain D) prior knowledge; novel situations
Which statement describes a reliable means by which to determine the side of the brain that is dominant for speech?
A. Ask whether an individual is left handed or right handed. B. Watch the direction of eye movement when a person thinks of a purely linguistic question. C. Assess changes in cerebral blood flow during verbal behavior. D. Note in which hand the person holds a book while reading aloud.
If more scores are clustered at the high-score end of a distribution and only a few scores
are at the low-score end, then the distribution is _____ . a. symmetrical and unimodal b. asymmetrical and bimodal c. positively skewed d. negatively skewed