Which of the following is not one of the factors, which tend to hinder the fairness of intelligence tests for lower class children?

A. Inappropriate norms
B. Items requiring certain experience
C. Test assume test-taking skills
D. Test givers bias the result

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The application of psychological theories, methods and techniques to solve practical human problems describes an area of psychology known as:

A. Social psychology
B. Para-psychology
C. Applied psychology
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Smoking during pregnancy is associated with:

A. High intelligence in the fetus, since the fetus must be clever to keep the cigarette burning
B .Low birth weight
C. High mortality
D. Both B and C

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Taste depends:

A. On one’s taste buds and the smell, temperature and texture of food
B. Only on one’s taste buds
C. Only on smell and texture of food
D. None of these

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Someone whose corpus callosum has been cut will experience difficulty in:

A. Naming an object held in the left hand
B. Naming an object held in the right hand
C. Recognizing an object held in the left hand
D. Recognizing an object held in the right hand

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If one finds a positive correlation between degree of coffee drinking and the likelihood of heart attacks. One can conclude that:

A. Coffee drinking causes heart attack
B. Individuals prone to heart attacks are predisposed to drink a lot of coffee
C. An active life style of certain people causes heart attack
D. None of these

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What procedure is used by experimenters to determine whether a difference between conditions of an experiment is large enough for us to have confidence in its validity?

A.Correlation coefficient
B. Scientific intuition
C. Statistical analysis
D. None of these

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Which of the following is a physical property of sound

A. Loudness
B. Frequency
C. Distance
D. Timber

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The perceived sized of an object is most strongly influenced by that object’s perceived

A. Shape
B. Colour
C. Distance
D. Motion

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The conversion of the mechanical energy produced by sound waves into neural impulses occurs in the

A. Eardrum
B. Middle ear
C. Cochlea
D. Ear canal

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