If a person from a non-Western culture were given an intelligence test composed of questions based on Western cultural beliefs and knowledge, the test might be said to be __________ relative to the non-Western culture.
a. unreliable
b. culturally biased
c. nonstandardized
d. underdeveloped
e. miscentered
b. culturally biased
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What will be an ideal response?
According to Bacon, the human tendency to see events as they would like them to be constitutes the:
a. idols of the cave b. idols of the tribe c. idols of the marketplace d. idols of the theater
Formal operations are achieved by all people at the final stage of cognitive development
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
What is the basic principle of systematic desensitization?
What will be an ideal response?