Jamal and Mandy took the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) in different locations. Later, when they discussed the test, they discovered that they each had been allowed exactly the same amount of time and that they each had heard exactly the same instructions at the start of each section. In this example, the administration of the SAT:
a. had high test-retest reliability
b. did not have construct validity
c. did not have test-retest reliability
d. was standardized
D
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a. KR 20. b. alpha method. c. Spearman-Brown formula. d. split half method.
Broca's area is an important area in speech comprehension, located in the left frontal lobe.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Dr. Chui was interested in finding out whether people prefer mint-, fruit-, or cinnamon-flavored gum. What type of format would best suit asking these questions?
a. open-ended question format b. closed-question format c. stream of consciousness format d. multiple choice format
In Piaget's theory, children move through four stages
A) during which their exploratory behaviors transform into logical and abstract intelligence. B) not always in a sequential manner, depending on the children's innate intelligence. C) sequentially at a rate observed in children everywhere. D) in which different cognitive skills follow unique courses of development.