The Widespread Improvement in Intelligence Test Performance During the Past

question 20

Multiple Choice

The widespread improvement in intelligence test performance during the past century is called

• A) the bell curve.
• B) divergent thinking.
• C) the g factor.
• D) the Flynn effect.

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Definitions:

Just World Hypothesis

The belief that the world is fundamentally fair, leading individuals to rationalize an unjust situation as having been deserved by the victim.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The inclination to place undue importance on individual traits while overlooking the influence of environmental contexts when evaluating the actions of others.

Conditioned Taste Aversions

A learned association between a specific taste and illness or discomfort, leading to an aversion of that taste in the future.

Systematic Desensitization

A behavioral therapy technique used to reduce phobic disorders by gradually exposing the subject to the anxiety source or its context without any danger, in order to overcome the anxiety.