When Performance Tests, Rather Than Verbal Tests, Are Used

question 44

Multiple Choice

When performance tests, rather than verbal tests, are used,

• A)the IQ scores of both those who are hearing and those who are deaf are lower.
• B)the IQ scores of those who are deaf are lower than those who are hearing.
• C)the IQ scores of those who are deaf are higher than those who are hearing.
• D)there is no difference in IQ between those who are deaf and those who are hearing.

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Definitions:

Attractiveness

A feature or combination of features that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight, or appeals to other social or biological senses.

Speaker

An individual who expresses thoughts, feelings, or information verbally to others.

Elaboration Likelihood Model

A theory of persuasion which proposes that persuasive messages can influence attitudes by two different routes: central or peripheral.

Central Route

A method of persuasion that involves in-depth analysis of the content of a message, leading to lasting attitude change.