The Items That Binet Included on His Test Were Based

question 229

Multiple Choice

The items that Binet included on his test were based on the

• A)educational tasks taught at the various grade levels in the schools of that time.
• B)tasks that an average child could perform at each age level.
• C)opinions of psychologists during that time period.
• D)updating of items from earlier group IQ tests and creativity tests.

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Definitions:

Theory

An abstract set of ideas or principles that explains phenomena or aspects of the natural or social world.

Radical Behaviorists

Psychologists who follow a doctrine emphasizing the external behaviors of people and their reactions on a given situation, largely ignoring internal processes like cognition.

Behavioral Observations

The method of studying subjects' actions in their natural settings without intervention.

Internal Processes

Internal processes involve the cognitive, psychological, and physiological operations that underlie an individual's mental and emotional functioning.