In 1958,David Wechsler Endorsed the Use of Short Forms for Screening

question 118

Multiple Choice

In 1958,David Wechsler endorsed the use of short forms for screening purposes only.However,10 years later,Wechsler would advise test users who claimed not to have the time to administer the full form of the test

• A) to "find the time."
• B) that a short form could be used only with testtakers with well-documented decreased attention span.
• C) that the use of short forms was acceptable only by forensic psychologists working in an already overburdened criminal justice system.
• D) that the shortcomings of short forms would have to be overlooked in situations where the need outweighed the potential damage.

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Definitions:

Recessive Trait

A genetic feature that is not expressed in the phenotype unless both alleles for the trait are inherited, one from each parent.

Genotype Frequencies

The proportion of different genotypes in a population, used in population genetics to study the genetic structure and evolution of species.

Genetic Equilibrium

Description for a population in which the frequency of alleles for a given trait is not changing over time.

Founder Effect

Cause of genetic drift due to colonization by a limited number of individuals who, by chance, have different genotype and allele frequencies than the parent population.