When Individuals Score "At the Norm" on a Standardized Achievement

question 95

Multiple Choice

When individuals score "at the norm" on a standardized achievement test, it means that they have

• A) performed at the average.
• B) scored at the expected level.
• C) scored 50 percent correct.
• D) scored at the highest possible level.

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Definitions:

Spontaneous Recovery

Following a period without exposure to the conditioned stimulus, a conditioned response that had previously disappeared resurfaces.

Shaping

A process in behavioral psychology that involves reinforcing behaviors that are successively closer to the desired action.

Stimulus Generalization

The tendency for the conditioned response to be evoked by stimuli that are similar to the stimulus to which the response was conditioned.

Stimulus Discrimination

The ability to differentiate between similar stimuli and respond appropriately to each.