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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