Pam, an eight-year-old child from a poor neighborhood, is given a traditional IQ test. One section of the IQ test involves defining various words. "Yacht" is one of the words that Pam is asked to define
Briefly discuss why the test administrator should be cautious when interpreting Pam's performance on this test.
What will be an ideal response?
Traditional IQ tests may be culturally and/or economically biased. In this particular example, Pam, a child from a poor neighborhood, is asked to define the word "yacht." A child from a wealthy neighborhood would have a huge advantage over Pam on a question like this, not necessarily because he or she is more intelligent than Pam, but rather because he or she is more likely to be exposed to yachts.
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"insane"? a. ALI b. Durham c. M'Naghten rule d. any of the above
In order to secure permission to access a sample of young school children, Julie sends all of the
parents letters that contain a full description of the study procedures. For this study, Julie will only use children whose parents have returned a signed consent or permission form. This strategy is also known as __________ parental consent or permission. Fill in the blanks with correct word
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A. Genetically guided maturation B. Environmental toxins C. Creative insight D. Accidents and diseases
The simplest and most direct way to analyze clear, systematic results of small-N research is to
a. compute an analysis of variance (ANOVA). b. carry out a factor analysis. c. create a graph and visually inspect it. d. rely on various inferential analyses.