Most Intelligence Scales Use Standardized Testing

question 191

Multiple Choice

Most intelligence scales use standardized testing. This is because standardization allows researchers to

• A) determine how much of an individual's intelligence is the result of heredity.
• B) make comparisons across large groups of people.
• C) avoid stereotype threat.
• D) determine what makes each person unique.

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Definitions:

CPI Construction

The method of creating the Consumer Price Index, which measures changes in the price level of a market basket of consumer goods and services purchased by households.

GDP Deflator

A measure of the level of prices of all new, domestically produced, final goods and services in an economy, used to convert nominal GDP into real GDP.

Consumer Price Index

A benchmark capturing the average movement over time in the outlay of urban buyers for a predetermined mix of consumer goods and services.

Consumer Price Index

An index measuring the change over time in the price level of consumer goods and services purchased by households.