If an IQ Test That Was Widely Used in the 1930s

question 22

Multiple Choice

If an IQ test that was widely used in the 1930s was presented to today's children, they would:

• A)Perform very poorly
• B)Be identified, on average, as having an IQ of 120
• C)Find it almost impossible
• D)Be identified, on average, as having an IQ of 80
• E)Misunderstand the instructions

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Definitions:

Cognitive Perspective

A psychological approach that emphasizes mental processes such as perception, memory, and problem-solving.

Little Albert

The subject of a famous psychology experiment by John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner, which demonstrated how fears could be conditioned in humans.

Specific Fears

Intense, irrational fears of specific objects or situations, such as heights, spiders, or flying, which can sometimes lead to avoidance behaviors.

Classical Conditioning

A training method where two signals are consistently coupled together, leading to a situation where the response initially triggered by the second signal is now triggered by the first signal alone.