Janet Hyde studied gender differences in 7 million children for performance in mathematics on standardized tests. What did she find?
a. boys did better than girls c. no differences at all
b. girls did better than boys d. more boys at the extremes
D
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The belief that abstract universals (essences) exist and that empirical events are only manifestations of those universals is called:
a. reification b. Understandism c. nominalism d. realism
Distinguish between induction and deduction and describe how each is used in the scientific method
What will be an ideal response?
In 1916, Lewis Terman improved William Stern's formula for figuring the intelligence quotient. Which of the following is the formula as it stands after Terman's improvement?
a) chronological age divided by mental age, times 100 b) chronological age times mental age, divided by 100 c) mental age times chronological age, divided by 100 d) mental age divided by chronological age, times 100
Jamal realizes that he understands things better when he reads them than when he hears them. This example best illustrates Jamal's:
A) creativity. B) naïve realism. C) defensive realism. D) metacognition.