Road Construction Prevents You from Getting to the Shopping Mall

question 242

Multiple Choice

Road construction prevents you from getting to the shopping mall using the route that you always travel. You think about the situation for a moment and then come up with a different route to take. To figure out this alternative route, you are using what Tolman referred to as:

• A)biological preparedness.
• B)stimulus generalization.
• C)a cognitive map.
• D)instinctive drift.

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Definitions:

Construct Validity

The extent to which an assessment accurately measures what it is supposed to measure.

Criterion Validity

The extent to which a measure is related to an outcome. It assesses whether a test reflects a certain set of abilities by correlating test results with a criterion measure.

Face Validity

The extent to which a test appears to measure what it is supposed to measure at face value.

Naturalist Intelligence

A type of intelligence described by Howard Gardner, involving sensitivity to and understanding of the natural world and living things.