The Idea That Gifted Children Are Maladjusted Is a ________

question 104

Multiple Choice

The idea that gifted children are maladjusted is a ________, as Lewis Terman found when he conducted an extensive study of 1,500 children whose Stanford-Binet IQs averaged ________.

• A) reality; 75
• B) reality; 150
• C) myth; 75
• D) myth; 150

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Definitions:

Cohen's D

A measure of effect size indicating the standard deviation difference between two means.

Effect

The change or impact that an independent variable has on a dependent variable in an experimental setting.

Type I Errors

Incorrectly disapproving a correct null hypothesis, famously labeled as a "false positive."

Cohen's D

A statistical measure used to assess the effect size or magnitude of the difference between two group means.