AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

BIOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The speed with which people retrieve information from memory has been found to be a predictor of their ____ intelligence.
A
verbal
B
practical
C
emotional
D
spatial
E
creative
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Verbal IQ Test A VIQ test is a test that gauges your child’s capacity to use language in expressing himself and understanding the people in his surroundings. It usually includes measurement in reading skills, writing skills, the extent of vocabulary, and how a person communicates with words.

Detailed explanation-2: -*Validity-the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to.

Detailed explanation-3: -Performance test is a test where subject does not have to use language while attempting the problems given. Performance tests therefore are the best ones to test the intelligence of foreigners and illiterate people.

Detailed explanation-4: -Each question in Simon-Binet or Stanford Revision test is in verbal form. The child has to read the question or listen to the question and answer in language. But suppose the child is not fully conversant with the language of the examiner, or he is illiterate.

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