Alfred Binet Made Which of the Following Assumptions When Developing

question 5

Multiple Choice

Alfred Binet made which of the following assumptions when developing his intelligence measure?

• A) Mental abilities develop with age and the rate of this development is constant.
• B) The characteristics of successful people are largely determined by the environment.
• C) Mental abilities develop with age and the variable rate of this development is determined by the environment.
• D) The characteristics of successful people are largely determined by heredity.

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Definitions:

Recency Effect

The phenomenon where people tend to remember the last items in a series best, often observed in studies of memory and information recall.

Primacy Effect

The tendency to remember information presented at the beginning of a list better than information at the middle or end.

Memory Span

The number of items, typically words or numbers, that an individual can retain and recall in correct order in short-term memory.

Long-term Memory

The phase of the memory process that is capable of storing information for extended periods, often throughout one's life.