A Cross-Cultural Study of the Intelligence Test Scores of Asian

question 44

Multiple Choice

A cross-cultural study of the intelligence test scores of Asian and American children suggests which of the following?

• A) Scores for American children and Asian children are generally the same.
• B) As they proceed in school, Asian children have increasingly higher scores than American children.
• C) Before children start school, American children have higher scores than Asian children.
• D) In early grades, Asian children have higher scores, but in high school American children have higher scores.

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Definitions:

Conditional Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has become associated with another stimulus through conditioning.

Unconditional Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without any prior learning.

Conditional Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a previously neutral stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to elicit a conditioned response.

Unconditional Response

An automatic response to a stimulus that occurs naturally without any need for learning or conditioning.