Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Psychology

Chapter

Variations in Psychological Attributes

Question:
Assertion (A): Intelligence tests provide a global measure of a person’s general cognitive competence including the ability to profit from schooling.
Reason (R): Students having low intelligence are not likely to do so well in school-related examinations, but their success in life is not associated only with their intelligence test scores.
Options:
Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
A is true, R is false
A is false, R is true
Correct Answer:
Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
Explanation:
Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
Intelligence is the global capacity to understand the world, think rationally, and use available resources effectively when faced with challenges. Intelligence tests provide a global measure of a person’s general cognitive competence including the ability to profit from schooling. Generally, students having low intelligence are not likely to do so well in school-related examinations, but their success in life is not associated only with their intelligence test scores.