Jeff Is Taking His First Psychology Course

question 48

Multiple Choice

Jeff is taking his first psychology course.He has been reading his textbook,taking notes in class,and performed well on the multiple choice tests so far.Now,his psychology instructor has given the class the assignment to look up some research articles in the PsycINFO database and to summarize them.Jeff complains about this assignment,"Why am I wasting my time doing this? Why doesn't Dr.Morgan just give us the articles so we can get right to reading and learning them?" Jeff appears to think that only one competency for college psychology classes exists.On which competency does Jeff appear to be focused?

• A)values of psychology
• B)application of psychology
• C)knowledge base of psychology
• D)information and technological literacy

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Definitions:

Intelligence Test Performance

The quantifiable assessment of an individual's intellectual capabilities, often represented by a numerical score or percentile rank.

Divergent Thinking

A cognitive technique or process designed for eliciting original ideas by investigating various feasible options.

Intellectual Disability

A term for varying degrees of cognitive impairment that affect intellectual functions and adaptive behavior.

Factor Analyzed

A statistical technique employed to discover fundamental factors or elements that clarify the correlation patterns among a group of observable variables.