As an Infant,Keith Scored Highly on the Bayley Scale,however as a High

question 10

Multiple Choice

As an infant,Keith scored highly on the Bayley scale,however as a high school student,his IQ is slightly below average.What likely accounts for this discontinuity?

• A)His Bayley scores reflect motor skills and his Stanford-Binet scores reflect sensory skills.
• B)His Bayley scores reflect abstract skills and his Stanford-Binet scores reflect reasoning skills.
• C)His Bayley scores reflect sensory skills and his Stanford-Binet scores reflect abstract skills. 
• D)His Bayley scores reflect cognitive skills and his Stanford-Binet scores reflect motor skills.

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Definitions:

Experimental Group

In research, the group of subjects who are exposed to the variable under investigation, as opposed to the control group which is not exposed.

Experimental Factor

An independent variable manipulated by the researcher in an experiment to determine its effect on an outcome.

Independent Variable

The variable in an experiment that is manipulated or changed to observe its effect on the dependent variable.

Dependent Variable

The variable in a study that is measured to see if it is affected by changes in another variable (the independent variable).