Critics of the Notion of a Single Kind of Intelligence

question 140

Multiple Choice

Critics of the notion of a single kind of intelligence argue that psychologists find strong evidence for a "g" factor in intelligence because

• A) their tests focus on overlapping skills.
• B) their tests are not narrow or specific enough.
• C) they test children far more often than they test adults.
• D) the statistical methods that are commonly used are biased.

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Definitions:

Testing Effect

A threat to internal validity in which taking a pretest changes behavior without any effect on the independent variable.

Quasi-experimental Designs

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