Extensive Practice at a Particular Skill, Such as Computer Programming

question 215

Multiple Choice

Extensive practice at a particular skill, such as computer programming, improves that skill but has little effect on any other kind of performance. Therefore we classify the improved performance of that skill as

• A) general intelligence.
• B) fluid intelligence.
• C) crystallized intelligence.
• D) psychomotor intelligence.

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Definitions:

Expectancy Effect

The influence of researchers' or subjects' expectations on the outcome of a study, potentially biasing results.

Reaction Times

The duration between the presentation of a stimulus and the initiation of a muscular response or reaction by an individual.

Photographs

Images created by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either digitally or on a light-sensitive material.

B Data

B Data typically refers to behavioral data, which encompasses any information collected about the behaviors of an individual or group, often used in psychological research.