Extensive Practice at a Particular Skill, Such as Computer Programming

question 215

Multiple Choice

Extensive practice at a particular skill, such as computer programming, improves that skill but has little effect on any other kind of performance. Therefore we classify the improved performance of that skill as

• A) general intelligence.
• B) fluid intelligence.
• C) crystallized intelligence.
• D) psychomotor intelligence.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A statistic that measures the dispersion or variability of a dataset relative to its mean.

Standard Deviation

An indicator of the spread or fluctuations in a data set, showing the degree to which the data points deviate from the average value.

Parameter

A numerical characteristic of a statistical population, such as a mean or standard deviation, that describes some aspect of the population.

Simple Random Sample

A sample in which each member of the population has an equal chance of being selected.