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Question 101

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Binet used the term mental age to refer to

A) the average chronological age of children who completed a particular grade in school.
B) the years of formal education successfully completed by a child.
C) the total number of items correctly answered on an intelligence test divided by the child's chronological age.
D) the chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of intelligence test performance.

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Question 102

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Prompt feedback regarding your performance on psychology practice tests is most likely to inhibit

A) overconfidence.
B) the framing effect.
C) process simulation.
D) linguistic determinism.

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Question 103

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An effort to "consider the opposite" would be most likely to inhibit

Wernicke's area is typically located in the left ________ lobe.

Sweden and Iceland exhibit little of the gender gap in mathematical abilities found in Turkey and Korea. This best illustrates that mental abilities are

Aptitude tests are to ________ as achievement tests are to ________.

Ojinska sold many more raffle tickets when she told people they had a 10 percent chance of winning a prize than when she told them they had a 90 percent chance of not winning. This best illustrates the importance of

The U.S. National Longitudinal Survey of Youth showed a small but significant positive correlation between youth's intelligence test scores and their subsequent

In contrast to our explicit conscious reasoning, our seemingly effortless and automatic feelings or thoughts are called

The system of rules in a language that enables us to understand and communicate with others is called

Twenty-five-year-old Alexandra has an intellectual disability and can neither read nor write. However, after hearing lengthy, unfamiliar, and complex musical selections just once, she can reproduce them precisely on the piano. It is likely that Alexandra is

Introductory psychology students were more likely to achieve a good midterm exam grade if prior to the exam they repeatedly practiced visual imagery that involved

Syntax refers to the

Who argued for a classification of eight independent intelligences which include musical, spatial, and kinesthetic aptitudes?

Intrinsic motivation is thought to be an important component of

Aptitude tests are specifically designed to

The fact that young children generate all sorts of sentences they have never heard before suggests that

Most psychologists believe that racial gaps in test scores

The similarity between the intelligence test scores of identical twins raised apart is

Telegraphic speech is typical of the ________ stage.