If the rate of a particular disorder occurring in the population is low, what impact does this have on the classification of individuals based on the results of a psychological test?
A. More individuals will be incorrectly classified as having the disorder.
B. There will be no impact on the accuracy of the classification.
C. More individuals will be incorrectly classified as not having the disorder.
D. The impact cannot be determined based on the information provided.
Answer: A
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A) language is critical for concept formation. B) concept formation is critical for language. C) both language and concept formation are shaped by culture. D) language and concept formation are separate processes.
The last items in a long list of items to be remembered are usually remembered better than items in the middle of the list. This is referred to as the ____
a. ?primacy effect b. ?law of effect c. ?continuity effect d. ?recency effect
Perception takes place in the corpus callosum
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Overregularization occurs because children:
tend to regress briefly before progressing to new forms of language. have no understanding of past, present, and future. assume that the language is less regular than it actually is. assume their language always follows the rules they have learned thus far.