Ted Has Developed a New Test of Mental Ability

question 82

Multiple Choice

Ted has developed a new test of mental ability.As he is giving it to participants, he begins to notice that nearly all of his participants are scoring on the lower end of his test.Ted realizes that he is experiencing a________ due to the difficulty of his test.

• A)ceiling effect
• B)Yerkes-Dotson Law
• C)floor effect
• D)degree of response effect

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Definitions:

Supply Curve

A graphical representation showing the relationship between the price of a good or service and the quantity of it that suppliers are willing to sell at various prices.

Perfectly Inelastic

A situation in which the quantity demanded or supplied does not change regardless of the price changes.

Excise Tax

A tax imposed on specific goods and services, such as gasoline, cigarettes, and alcohol.

Upsloping

Describes a line or curve on a graph that moves upward as it progresses from left to right, often used to depict positive relationships between variables.