One Shortfall of the ACT Is That

question 20

Multiple Choice

One shortfall of the ACT is that

• A)it has low internal consistency coefficients.
• B)it does not predict first year college GPAs.
• C)the ITED must be administered along with it.
• D)it does not compare well to the SAT.

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Definitions:

Group Cohesiveness

The extent to which members of a group remain together and are united in the pursuit of common goals.

Social Loafing

The phenomenon where individuals exert less effort to achieve a goal when they work in a group than when they work alone.

Groupthink

A psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people, where the desire for harmony or conformity results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome.

Critical Thinking

The process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating information to reach an answer or conclusion.