Clive Is Going on a Good-Will Trip to an Impoverished

question 25

Multiple Choice

Clive is going on a good-will trip to an impoverished nation.While he is there he hopes to gather evidence that the country's educational system needs to be improved.He suggests that he and his fellow visitors give the local children the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-IV) to determine which educational areas need the most attention.What's wrong with his proposition?

• A) The WISC focuses heavily on the cognitive skills and learning that are needed to succeed in Western educational and occupational settings.
• B) The WISC cannot measure how successfully natives have adapted to the unique challenges in their culture.
• C) The WISC doesn't measure skills like the ability to mix herbal remedies,construct sturdy shelters,or barter and trade for goods or services.
• D) All of these.

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Definitions:

Negative Schema

A cognitive structure that allows people to readily make negative associations.

Negative Information

Data or facts that produce adverse or undesirable impressions or expectations.

Depressive Schema

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Learned Helplessness

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