DrRoot Finds That Males on Average Are Slightly Higher Than

question 28

Multiple Choice

Dr.Root finds that males on average are slightly higher than females on Trait A.What is this most likely to mean?

• A)The boy with the lowest level of Trait A will be higher in Trait A than the girl with the highest level of Trait A.
• B)The girl with the lowest level of Trait A will be higher in Trait A than the boy with the highest level of Trait A.
• C)There will be many more boys than girls with very low levels of Trait A.
• D)There will be many more boys than girls with very high levels of Trait A.

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Definitions:

Automaticity

The ability to process information with little or no effort.

Encoding

The process of converting information into a form that can be stored in memory, part of how information is processed and retained.

Information-Processing Approach

A perspective in cognitive psychology that examines how humans interpret, store, and retrieve knowledge, paralleling human thought processes to computer operations.

Processing Limitations

Refers to the bounds on the ability of individuals to process information, due to various cognitive or neural constraints.