Noorhan systematically tried each successive key on her dad's key ring until she found the one that unlocked his office door. This best illustrates problem solving by means of
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The use of heuristics rather than algorithms is most likely to
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Which of the following best illustrates confirmation bias?
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A televised image of a starving child had a greater impact on Mr. Green's perception of the extensiveness of world hunger than did a statistical chart summarizing the tremendous scope of the problem.
This suggests that his assessment of the world hunger problem is influenced by
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When Athena entered high school she was certain that she would never eat any of the junk food sold in the vending machines. By the end of tenth grade, however, Athena was munching on at least one bag of chips a day. Athena’s experience best illustrates
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The smallest distinctive sound unit of language is a
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In the words “helped” and “called,” the “ed” ending is a(n)
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During the earliest stage of speech development, infants
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Noam Chomsky has emphasized that the acquisition of language by children is facilitated by
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Telegraphic speech is
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Perceived differences between various shades of color are greater if people assign a different name to each hue. This best illustrates the influence of
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The ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations is known as
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Factor analysis is a statistical procedure that can be used to
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Spearman's g factor refers to
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Psychological tests show that 18-year-old Ishmael has an intelligence score of 65. Nevertheless, Ishmael can, with a few seconds of mental calculation, accurately tell the day of the week on which Christmas falls for any year in this century. It would be fair to conclude that
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Howard Gardner is most likely to agree that the concept of intelligence includes
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Those who define intelligence as academic aptitude are most likely to criticize
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Of the following, who best illustrates Sternberg's concept of analytical intelligence?
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When Mrs. McGuire asks her students to answer questions in class, she can quickly tell from their facial expressions whether they are happy to participate. Mrs. McGuire's perceptual skill best illustrates
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The ability to deal effectively with social conflict is not likely to be reflected in one's performance on the WAIS. This best illustrates that intelligence is
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The Stanford-Binet, WAIS, and WISC tests are all types of
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The final exam in a calculus course would be an example of a(n) ________ test.
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A test of your capacity to learn to be an automobile mechanic would be considered a(n) ________ test.
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The French government commissioned Binet to develop an intelligence test that would
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Binet used the term mental age to refer to
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Five-year-old Wilbur performs on an intelligence test at a level characteristic of an average 4-year-old. Wilbur's mental age is
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The original IQ formula would be LEAST appropriate for representing the intelligence test performance of
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The WAIS consists of separate ________ subtests.
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When Brandon was told that he correctly answered 80 percent of the items on a math achievement test, he asked how his performance compared with that of the average test-taker. Brandon's concern was directly related to the issue of
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About ________ percent of WAIS scores fall between 85 and 115.
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It would be reasonable to suggest that the Flynn effect is due in part to
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Melinda completed the Computer Programming Aptitude Test when she applied for a position with Beta Electronics. Six months later, she took the same test when she applied for a position with another company. The fact that her scores were almost identical on the two occasions suggests that the test has a high degree of
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If a road test for a driver's license adequately samples the tasks a driver routinely faces, the test is said to
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A college administrator is trying to assess whether an admissions test accurately predicts how well applicants will perform at his school. The administrator is most obviously concerned that the test is
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In order to qualify for the office manager's job, 55-year-old Mariel must take a series of psychological tests. Her performance on the test of ________ is likely to be poorer than if she had taken it as a 25-year-old.
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Fluid intelligence refers most directly to a person's
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Research suggests that during early and middle adulthood
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A condition involving intellectual disability caused by an extra chromosome in one's genetic makeup is known as
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The similarity between the intelligence test scores of identical twins raised apart is