In the Authors' View, the Correlational Link Between Cognitive Ability

question 6

Multiple Choice

In the authors' view, the correlational link between cognitive ability and socioeconomic status

• A) is probably causal in both directions
• B) is causal in that high socioeconomic status causes high cognitive ability
• C) is causal in that high cognitive ability causes high socioeconomic status
• D) is not well established

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Definitions:

Social Clock

The culturally determined psychological timepiece providing a sense of whether we have reached the major benchmarks of life at the appropriate time in comparison to our peers.

Maturation

The predetermined unfolding of genetic information.

Intimacy-versus-Isolation Stage

A concept in Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development where individuals face the challenge of forming intimate relationships with others versus feeling isolated.

Postformal Thought

Thinking that acknowledges that adult predicaments must sometimes be solved in relativistic terms.