Although Mental Age Is a Useful Way of Describing the Intelligence

question 479

True/False

Although mental age is a useful way of describing the intelligence of adults, it is not useful for comparing the capabilities of children.

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Definitions:

Inferred

Deduced or concluded information from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.

Performance

A measure of how effectively a person or system completes tasks or achieves goals.

Cognitive Dissonance

The psychological discomfort experienced when holding two or more conflicting cognitions (beliefs, attitudes, or behaviors).

Conditioning

The process of learning associations between environmental events and behavioral responses, crucial in behaviorist theories of learning.