A Psychologist Administering the Stanford-Binet IQ Test to an 8-Year-Old

question 139

Multiple Choice

A psychologist administering the Stanford-Binet IQ test to an 8-year-old would

• A) only administer items designated "age 8."
• B) begin with the most difficult questions (e.g., "adult") and work down to the easier questions until the child began to get some right.
• C) administer all of the items (age 2 through adult), and note the percentage of items missed at each level.
• D) administer only those items at or near the child's current level of functioning.

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Definitions:

Coding Region

A portion of a gene's DNA or RNA that codes for protein.

AUG

The codon in messenger RNA that signals the start of translation and the amino acid methionine.

UAA

One of the three stop codons in the genetic code that signals the end of protein synthesis.

Eukaryotic Transcripts

The RNA molecules resulting from transcription in eukaryotic cells, including both coding mRNA and non-coding RNA.