Under Which of These Circumstances Would It Be Important for a Psychologist

question 46

Multiple Choice

Under which of these circumstances would it be important for a psychologist to use Raven's Progressive Matrices (or a similar test) instead of, say, the WAIS-III or WISC-IV?

• A) The psychologist wants to record separate verbal and performance scores.
• B) The person being tested has already gotten a high score on the Stanford-Binet IQ test.
• C) The person being tested has just recently begun to learn English.
• D) The psychologist wants to use a test with good reliability and validity.

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Definitions:

Working Memory

A system for temporarily storing and managing the information required to carry out complex cognitive tasks such as learning, reasoning, and comprehension.

Spatial Memory

The part of memory responsible for recording information about one's environment and spatial orientation, helping to navigate physical space.

Masking

A technique used in psychology research to inhibit or disrupt the processing of a visual stimulus by presenting another stimulus immediately following the first.

Stimulus

An event or object that evokes a specific response from an organism or system.