If Students at Lincoln High School Receive Verbal Aptitude Test

question 4

Multiple Choice

If students at Lincoln High School receive Verbal Aptitude Test (VAT) scores with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 7.6, while students at Washington High School receive VAT scores with a mean of 120 and a standard deviation of 2.8, we know that

• A) students at Washington High School are smarter than students at Lincoln High School
• B) individual students at Lincoln High School had more similar VAT scores than did individual students at Washington High School
• C) the test may be unfair because of the large difference between scores of Lincoln High School students and Washington High School students
• D) there was less variability on the scores received by students at Washington High School

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Definitions:

Selective Exposure

The process by which individuals preferentially seek out information or stimuli that align with their existing beliefs or attitudes.

Attitude-Discrepant Behavior

Actions that contradict an individual's internal attitudes, often leading to a feeling of discomfort or cognitive dissonance.

Dispositional Attribution

The tendency to attribute someone’s behavior to their internal characteristics or personality rather than to external factors.

Self-Serving Bias

A cognitive bias that involves taking personal credit for success while blaming external factors for failures.