According to Bettye Caldwell and her colleagues, which is the best predictor of young children's later IQ scores?
a. social class c. infant IQ
b. mother's IQ d. the HOME score
D
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a. the pursuit of truth, not simply opinion. b. testing opinions and assumptions in the light of evidence. c. systematically building theories to explain phenomena. d. behavioral, as opposed to mental, processes. e. accumulated wisdom of scholars.
What reasons can you think of to explain the fact that baby talk seems to have the same characteristics all over the world?
What will be an ideal response?
The Mobro 4000 was a trash barge that traveled over 6,000 miles to find a place to dump its garbage. It was not successful and eventually returned home. What problem does this case exemplify?
a. global warming b. anti-American attitudes c. where to put trash d. air pollution
Why might rates of infectious disease be the best predictor of national differences in IQ?
A. spurious correlation that is not attributable to any causative factors B. presence of confounds creates a false positive significant result C. fighting off childhood disease robs body of energy for brain growth D. it takes into consideration the increasing mortality of older, less intelligent individuals