Discuss what the most commonly used intelligence tests evaluate, what the scores tend to predict, and what factors can affect the scores obtained
What will be an ideal response?
Good answers will note that general knowledge, reasoning ability, mathematical
skill, memory, and vocabulary skills are evaluated; that scores tend to predict school
performance; and that, among other things, emotional stress, health, test-taking
anxiety, and cultural differences can result in invalid test scores.
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What area of the brain does rough-and-tumble play help to develop?
hippocampus frontal lobe prefrontal cortex brain stem
Susan is planning a study to assess attitudes and health care utilization among young, middle aged, and older adults. How should Susan gather data to ensure that her study is the most valid and generalizable?
A. Email the survey to potential participants using an online platform (e.g., Survey Monkey). B. Go to the local health center and ask willing participants to complete the survey using paper and pencil. C. Call participants who have participated in previous studies and mail surveys to those who agree to participate. D. Email younger participants the survey, while asking older participants to complete the survey using paper and pencil.
__________ intelligence has been suggested by Goleman to be a more powerful influence in life than more traditional views of intelligence, even though this claim has not been fully supported by extensive research.
A. Analytical B. Creative C. Emotional D. Existential
Greg and Linda met at a fraternity party and subsequently went out on a date
After the date, Greg went to Linda's apartment. They began "making out," and Greg became more sexually aggressive. Linda told Greg to "stop." Greg proceeded to have sexual intercourse with Linda even though she told him several times to stop. This example illustrates a. the games men and women play with each other. b. that Greg knew Linda really meant "yes," even though she said "no." c. that Greg raped Linda. d. that Linda teased Greg by "making out"and deserved to be raped.