Question 1

Maxine achieves high scores on tests of word fluency but not on tests of numerical ability.Maxine's selective abilities fits well with whose theory of intelligence?

Accepted Answer

A)   L.L.Thurstone
B)   Charles Spearman
C)   Satoshi Kanazawa
D)   Edward Thorndike

Question 2

Crystallized intelligence refers most directly to a person's

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A)   accumulated knowledge and verbal skills.
B)   ability to reason speedily and abstractly.
C)   capacity for fluid intelligence.
D)   willingness to revise beliefs in light of new information.

Question 3

The written exam for a driver's license would most likely be considered a(n) ________ test.

Accepted Answer

A)   achievement
B)   reliability
C)   aptitude
D)   intelligence

Question 4

A test is reliable if it

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A)   measures what it claims to measure or predicts what it is supposed to predict.
B)   yields dependably consistent scores.
C)   has been standardized on a representative sample of all those who are likely to take the test.
D)   produces a normal distribution of scores.

Question 5

In very stressful or embarrassing situations,Sanura is able to maintain her poise and help others to feel comfortable.Sanura's ability best illustrates the value of

Accepted Answer

A)   linguistic intelligence.
B)   spatial intelligence.
C)   practical intelligence.
D)   emotional intelligence.

Question 6

Intelligence tests have effectively reduced discrimination in the sense that they have

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A)   avoided questions that require familiarity with any specific culture.
B)   helped limit reliance on educators' subjectively biased judgments of students' academic potential.
C)   provided an objective measure of teaching effectiveness in different public school systems.
D)   demonstrated that a general intelligence underlies a variety of intellectual skills.

Question 7

Why does the predictive validity of general aptitude tests decrease as the educational experience of the students who take them increases?

Accepted Answer

A)   More educated students have taken aptitude tests so frequently that for them such tests are no longer pure measures of aptitude.
B)   Comparisons of mental age with chronological age are inadequate for assessing the aptitude of older and more educated students.
C)   There is a relatively narrow range of aptitude test scores among students at higher educational levels.
D)   Among more educated students,motivation has a much greater effect on academic success than does aptitude.

Question 8

Psychologists would calculate the relationship between intelligence test scores and school grades in order to assess the ________ of the intelligence test.

Accepted Answer

A)   reliability
B)   standardization
C)   normal distribution
D)   predictive validity

Question 9

When completing a verbal aptitude test,members of an ethnic minority group are particularly likely to perform below their true ability levels if they believe that the test

Accepted Answer

A)   is a measure of academic intelligence.
B)   assesses their interests as well as their abilities.
C)   is biased against members of their own ethnic group.
D)   is not biased toward any group.

Question 10

The widely used American revision of Alfred Binet's original intelligence test was developed by

Accepted Answer

A)   James Flynn
B)   Francis Galton.
C)   Lewis Terman.
D)   David Wechsler.

Question 11

A condition of mild to severe intellectual disability caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21 is known as

Accepted Answer

A)   fluid intelligence.
B)   crystallized intelligence.
C)   Down syndrome.
D)   the Flynn effect.

Question 12

Comparing the average performance of the initial WAIS standardization sample with the average performance of the most recent WAIS standardization sample provides convincing evidence of

Accepted Answer

A)   eugenics.
B)   the general intelligence.
C)   the Flynn effect.
D)   test reliability.

Question 13

The impact of early environmental influences on intelligence is most apparent among young children who experience

Accepted Answer

A)   stereotype threat.
B)   epigenetics
C)   a growth mind-set.
D)   minimal interaction with caregivers.

Question 14

A longitudinal study is one in which

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A)   different age groups are tested at the same time.
B)   different characteristics of a specific individual are assessed by a single test.
C)   different characteristics of a specific individual are assessed by multiple tests.
D)   the same group of people are tested and retested over a period of years.

Question 15

Experts would most likely agree that intelligence is a(n)

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A)   inborn ability to perform well on standard intelligence tests.
B)   mental ability to learn from experience.
C)   general trait that underlies success on nearly any task.
D)   multiple array of completely independent adaptive traits.

Question 16

On which of the following tasks are women most likely to perform as well as or better than men?

Accepted Answer

A)   playing checkers
B)   reciting poetry
C)   playing video games
D)   copying geometric designs

Question 17

If a road test for a driver's license adequately samples the tasks a driver routinely faces,the test is said to have

Accepted Answer

A)   reliability.
B)   a normal curve.
C)   content validity.
D)   test-retest reliability.

Question 18

Brain scans reveal that identical twins' brains have ________ gray matter volume and ________ white matter volume.

Accepted Answer

A)   similar;dissimilar
B)   dissimilar;similar
C)   similar;similar
D)   dissimilar;dissimilar

Question 19

In developing a test of intellectual ability for Parisian schoolchildren,Binet and Simon assumed that

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A)   the test would measure inherited,unchangeable abilities.
B)   the test would yield an intelligence quotient consisting of chronological age divided by mental age multiplied by 100.
C)   a bright child would perform like a normal child of an older age.
D)   measures of physical and sensory skills would be good predictors of school achievement.

Question 20

If course exams assess a student's mastery of a representative sample of course material,they are said to

Accepted Answer

A)   be reliable.
B)   have content validity.
C)   be standardized.
D)   have predictive validity.

Exam 11: Intelligence

Psychologists would calculate the relationship between intelligence test scores and school grades in order to assess the ________ of the intelligence test.

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The written exam for a driver's license would most likely be considered a(n) ________ test.

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The widely used American revision of Alfred Binet's original intelligence test was developed by

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Intelligence tests have effectively reduced discrimination in the sense that they have

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A condition of mild to severe intellectual disability caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21 is known as

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In very stressful or embarrassing situations,Sanura is able to maintain her poise and help others to feel comfortable.Sanura's ability best illustrates the value of

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Experts would most likely agree that intelligence is a(n)

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On which of the following tasks are women most likely to perform as well as or better than men?

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Crystallized intelligence refers most directly to a person's

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A longitudinal study is one in which

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When completing a verbal aptitude test,members of an ethnic minority group are particularly likely to perform below their true ability levels if they believe that the test

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Why does the predictive validity of general aptitude tests decrease as the educational experience of the students who take them increases?

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Brain scans reveal that identical twins' brains have ________ gray matter volume and ________ white matter volume.

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If course exams assess a student's mastery of a representative sample of course material,they are said to

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Comparing the average performance of the initial WAIS standardization sample with the average performance of the most recent WAIS standardization sample provides convincing evidence of

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If a road test for a driver's license adequately samples the tasks a driver routinely faces,the test is said to have

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The impact of early environmental influences on intelligence is most apparent among young children who experience

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In developing a test of intellectual ability for Parisian schoolchildren,Binet and Simon assumed that

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Maxine achieves high scores on tests of word fluency but not on tests of numerical ability.Maxine's selective abilities fits well with whose theory of intelligence?

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A test is reliable if it

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