One of the Main Difficulties with Current Tests of "Emotional

question 85

Multiple Choice

One of the main difficulties with current tests of "emotional intelligence" is that

• A) nearly all people get the same scores.
• B) the test results do not correlate with anything else we know about people's intelligence or personality.
• C) the tests require complicated and expensive equipment.
• D) it is difficult to determine the "right" answers to many of the questions.

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Definitions:

MLU

Mean Length of Utterance, a measure used in language development research to estimate the complexity of children's speech.

Telegraphic Speech

Type of speech in which only the essential words are used.

MLU

Mean Length of Utterance, a measure in linguistics used to quantify the complexity of children's language development by calculating the average number of morphemes per sentence.

Telegraphic Speech

A stage in language development where a child speaks in short, simple constructions, omitting unnecessary words but conveying the message, similar to a telegram.