Why Does the Predictive Validity of General Aptitude Tests Decrease

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Multiple Choice

Why does the predictive validity of general aptitude tests decrease as the educational experience of the students who take them increases?

• A) More educated students have taken aptitude tests so frequently that for them such tests are no longer pure measures of aptitude.
• B) Comparisons of mental age with chronological age are inadequate for
• C) assessing the aptitude of older and more educated students.
• D) There is a relatively narrow range of aptitude test scores among students at
• E) Among more educated students, motivation has a much greater effect on academic success than does aptitude.

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Definitions:

Associative Learning

The process by which an individual learns the connection between two stimuli or between a behavior and a consequence.

Pavlov

A Russian physiologist best known for his work in classical conditioning, demonstrating how reflexes can be conditioned to respond to neutral stimuli through association.

Watson

John B. Watson, an American psychologist who established the psychological school of behaviorism, emphasizing the study of observable behavior.

Skinner

B.F. Skinner, a psychologist and behaviorist known for his development of the operant conditioning theory, emphasizing the influence of external stimuli on behavior.