The Internal Capacity That Accounts for Individual Differences in Mental

question 163

Multiple Choice

The internal capacity that accounts for individual differences in mental test performance and enables us to adapt to an ever-changing environment is called:

• A)intelligence
• B)learning
• C)thinking
• D)maturation

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Definitions:

Margin Of Error

An indicator of the precision of an estimate or poll, expressing the range within which the true value lies with a specified level of probability.

Confidence

The degree of certainty or trust in a specific context, often used to refer to the level of certainty in statistical conclusions.

Confidence Interval

A band of numerical estimates, from sample data, seen as likely to include the value of an invisible population characteristic.

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a given statistic based on many random samples from a specific population.