Three of the Following Are Accurate Statements About the Limitations

question 85

Multiple Choice

Three of the following are accurate statements about the limitations of intelligence tests.Which one is not an accurate statement?

• A)The tests focus more on the kinds of things females are likely to know and so are biased against males.
• B)The tests focus on skills important in mainstream Western culture and ignore some skills more important in other cultures.
• C)Different tests may yield somewhat different scores for any particular student.
• D)The tests may underestimate the intelligence of students who have only limited knowledge of English.

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Definitions:

Sexual Impulses

Natural, spontaneous desires or urges related to sexual activity.

Pleasure Principle

A concept in psychoanalytic theory referring to the instinctual seeking of pleasure and avoiding pain to satisfy biological and psychological needs.

Id

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the psyche that is the source of instinctual impulses and demands for immediate satisfaction of primitive needs.

Thanatos

In psychoanalytic theory, the death drive representing an unconscious wish for death or self-destruction.