If a Person Scores a 70 on an Intelligence Test

question 99

Multiple Choice

If a person scores a 70 on an intelligence test on one day and scores 110 when retested on another day, you would most likely conclude that this test is ________.

• A)valid
• B)invalid
• C)reliable
• D)unreliable

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Definitions:

Proactive Interference

The tendency of previously learned material to hinder subsequent learning.

Memory Construction

The process through which the brain encodes, stores, and retrieves information, influenced by perception, imagination, and other cognitive processes.

Sensory Memory

The briefest span of memory, capable of holding sensations of sensory data after the initial stimuli are no longer present.

Repression

A defense mechanism where unpleasant thoughts, memories, or desires are pushed out of the conscious mind into the unconscious.