Binet and Simon originally developed the concept of "mental age" as a criterion for helping them distinguish
a. children with high IQs from children with low IQs
b. children who would be able to learn in school from those who needed special instruction.
c. white children from black children.
d. economically disadvantaged children from the "select few" who previously attended school.
b
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Which of the following statements provides support for the core knowledge perspective?
A) Baby Lisa looks longer at an unexpected physical event than an expected physical event. B) Baby Marcus can discriminate quantities up to three and use that knowledge to perform simple arithmetic. C) Before entering preschool, Fayola has difficulty with less-than and greater-than number relationships. D) Quinn cannot understand the concepts of addition and subtraction until elementary school.
Dr. Neil Rector and colleagues (2000 ) examined personality trait predictors of depression treatment response and found that:
a) Self-criticism traits predicted poor treatment response b) Sociotropy and autonomous traits predicted differential response to treatment c) Sociotropy traits predicted response to CBT but not drug treatment d) Personality trait vulnerabilities are not relevant to whether someone will respond to treatment.