When Intelligence Test Scores Are Used to Make Decisions About

question 47

Multiple Choice

When intelligence test scores are used to make decisions about young children, developmentalists generally agree that:

• A) Due to recent improvements in intelligence testing, practitioners can confidently make decisions about young children on the basis of test scores.
• B) Although scores often provide some useful information, they should always be used in conjunction with other sources of information.
• C) Test scores provide virtually no meaningful information about young children, and so their use in decision making is rarely defensible.
• D) Practitioners can confidently make decisions only about young children who fall within the "normal" range of intelligence.

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