Which of the following best describes the Flynn effect?
a. IQ scores have increased over successive generations throughout the world.
b. Quality parent–child interactions tend to increase children’s IQ, particularly in higher socioeconomic groups.
c. Compared to less affluent nations, stronger analytical skills are seen in affluent industrialized countries.
d. The changing extent to which intelligence is genetic, as seen in heritability measures taken from parent to child over time.
a. IQ scores have increased over successive generations throughout the world.
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a. intentional transfer b. incubation c. convergent production d. divergent production
Refer to Exhibit 9-6. A teacher compares the science test results with the results of a standardized test in science
a. evidence based on content b. evidence based on relationship to other variables c. evidence based on construct-relevant variance
Students who enter school with larger vocabularies are at an advantage because
a. a large store of words facilitates phonemic awareness. b. it is easier to decode words that are in one's oral vocabulary. c. vocabulary is the basis of comprehension. d. all of the above
Which of the following is not true of all students with multiple disabilities?
a. They cannot receive adequate services in a program designed for just one of their disabilities. b. They have concomitant disabilities. c. The disabilities interact and the combined effects multiply. d. They function cognitively in the range of intellectual disability.