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Sternberg criticised using only g to measure intelligence because it...Read the answer and worked solution →Why were the WWI US Army mental tests considered dubious?Read the answer and worked solution →Equally able groups answering one item differently signals what?Read the answer and worked solution →Who first used the word eugenics in 1883?Read the answer and worked solution →Knowledge gained by direct experience is often called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which factor is proposed to explain the Flynn effect?Read the answer and worked solution →A mild fall in IQ scores in developed countries is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Who proposed the two-factor theory of intelligence in 1927?Read the answer and worked solution →In Spearman's theory, what do the s-factors stand for?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Sternberg criticised using only g to measure intelligence because it...

  1. Counts only school marks
  2. Ignores all memory skills
  3. Misses varied success skills
  4. Uses only verbal items
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Correct answer: C. Misses varied success skills

1. Recall the fact: g alone does not account for the varied skills that produce success. 2. The option "Misses varied success skills" matches it. 3. Why the others fail: The other options do not describe his argument. 4. Check the stem wording against the fact: only one option satisfies both. _Source: Wikipedia, "Intelligence quotient" (CC BY-SA, rev 1379872450), section "Validity as a measure of intelligence"_

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Why were the WWI US Army mental tests considered dubious?

  1. Cultural familiarity was tested
  2. Questions were all repeated
  3. Only officers were tested
  4. Time limits were removed
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Correct answer: A. Cultural familiarity was tested

1. Recall the fact: Items tested familiarity with American culture rather than intelligence. 2. The option "Cultural familiarity was tested" matches it. 3. Why the others fail: The other flaws are not the ones reported. 4. Check the stem wording against the fact: only one option satisfies both. _Source: Wikipedia, "Intelligence quotient" (CC BY-SA, rev 1379872450), section "United States military selection in World War I"_

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Equally able groups answering one item differently signals what?

  1. High reliability
  2. Rising norms
  3. Mental age gain
  4. Measurement bias
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Correct answer: D. Measurement bias

1. Recall the fact: Differential item functioning is measurement bias in a test item. 2. The option "Measurement bias" matches it. 3. Why the others fail: Reliability, norms and mental age do not describe this pattern. 4. Check the stem wording against the fact: only one option satisfies both. _Source: Wikipedia, "Intelligence quotient" (CC BY-SA, rev 1379872450), section "Test bias or differential item functioning"_

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