CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

MEASUREMENT OF INTELLIGENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When Paula takes her AP Psychology exam, the proctor reads from a set of instructions, which all students are told to follow precisely. Her friend taking the exam at the same time in a different location was given the same instructions. Which of the following is best described in this scenario?
A
Validity
B
Cultural fairness
C
Interrater reliability
D
Standardization
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Geoff is able to easily remember a long list of instructions after hearing them only once and also scores higher than average on intelligence tests. This example is most consistent with the theory that executive functioning provides the basis for general intelligence.

Detailed explanation-2: -Selective attention: the focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus. Also known as the cocktail party effect. Inattentional blindness: failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere.

Detailed explanation-3: -Working Memory. a newer understanding of short-term memory that involves conscious, active processing of incoming auditory and visual-spatial information, and of information retrieved from long-term memory. ( Myers Psychology 8e p. 352)

Detailed explanation-4: -Adler proposed that the primary motivation in human personality was not sex or aggression, but rather the striving for superiority.

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