Which of the following statements best describes a "testing effect"?
A) This is a case where subjects have been drawn from non-equivalent settings, such as
recruiting young adults from a collegiate setting and older adults from nursing homes.
B) This is a case where performance on an earlier measure or procedure affects future
performance on the same task.
C) This is a case where subjects who score very high or low on a test, score more towards
the statistical mean the second time around.
D) This is a case where people naturally get better on tests because they are more mature.
B
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Piaget and Inhelder tested whether children could seriate in two dimensions at once by asking them to sort leaves according to size and brightness. What did they find to be TRUE?
a. Preoperational children could correctly complete this task. b. Concrete operational children could seriate on one dimension, but not both. c. Concrete operational children could seriate on both tasks simultaneously. d. Whether children could accomplish this task was related to the quality of their education.