The validity effect is the tendency of people to believe that a statement is true simply because it has been repeated many times
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
True
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The school board decided to send professional test administrators into the schools in an attempt to establish stricter standardization procedures for the administration of IQ tests. If you are from a socio-economically disadvantaged area, you can expect that the test scores for your school district will
a. benefit greatly from the use of outside examiners. b. be equal to the scores received by students in upper socio-economic groups. c. be more negatively impacted by the use of unfamiliar examiners than for wealthier districts. d. be more positively impacted by the use of unfamiliar examiners than for wealthier districts.
The attention span of the average fourth-grader is much longer than that of the average first grader. Which of the following biological changes is primarily responsible for this?
A) Increased growth of the corpus callosum B) Continued myelination of the optic neurons and their connections to the occipital lobe C) Continued myelination of the frontal lobes and reticular formation and the nerves that link the two D) Rapid growth of the reticular formation
___ are thoughts that intrude repeatedly into awareness and are experienced as irrational, unwanted, and difficult to control or stop
What will be an ideal response?
Damage to the flocculonodular lobe of the cerebellum would be expected to impair
a. muscle contractions. b. postural reflexes. c. composition of movements. d. timing of ballistic movements. e. planning of movements.