The Flynn Effect could be used to explain

Why you are SO much smarter than your parents

What is a key difference between construct and criterion-related validity?

Construct validity addresses hypothetical. Criterion addresses behavior.

David Wechsler was responsible for?

Creating a new intelligence scale that could be used for adults.

Science of improving human population to get desired traits

To say that knowledge is socially constructed means:

Knowledge is reinforced by members of society and changes as society does

Intellectually disabled child...most likely

have difficulty adapting to normal independent adult life

What is Savant Syndrome?

Score low on intelligence tests but brilliant with one thing

Spearman's g factor refers to

general intelligence underlying successful performance

What is standardized testing?

Students take the same test-scored and analyzed the same way

Which is the strongest indicator of bias in an intelligence test?

cultural experiences of test writers and test takers

Predictive statistics

tries to use current data to predict future events

What is fluid intelligence?

Your ability to solve abstract problems

How can a measure be reliable but not valid?

The measure might be consistently inaccurate

How does the nature vs. nurture debate contribute to intelligence?

To what extent intelligence is hereditary or learned.

Stereotype threat is:

a worry that a stereotype will be applied to you, or you'll confirm

What is the difference between achievement and aptitude tests?

Achievement=what we have learned; Aptitude=what we can learn

If I score in the 92nd percentile on a test, that means...

I scored better than 92% of the other students

The distribution of IQ scores

is approximately normal or bell-shaped

Sir Francis Galton believed that intellectual genius

is mainly due to inherited differences in abilities

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1
This test measures verbal comprehension and perceptual organization in young adults.
MBTI
MMPI
Rorschach Inkblot Test
WAIS
2
What percentile is the data entry 5 at?
54th
50th
7th
53rd
3
The Flynn Effect could be used to explain
Why you are SO much smarter than your parents
Why some soldiers experience PTSD and others do not
Public perception of climate change modeling
El Niño
4
A standardized test must have all of the following EXCEPT:
criteria for scoring
multiple choice questions
uniform instructions
reliabitiy
5
What is a key difference between construct and criterion-related validity?
Construct addresses whether it looks valid. Criterion, individual scales
Construct validity addresses hypothetical. Criterion addresses behavior.
Construct validity addresses measurement error. Criterion Reliability error
Construct validity addresses Likert-style scales. Criterion Ordinal.
6
Which statistical measure shows how the scores in a group differ from the mean of that group?
Central tendency
Correlational coefficent
Standard deviation
p-value
7
If a test gives similar scores each time it is given, then the test is
valid
good
significant
reliable
8
David Wechsler was responsible for?
Theory of multiple intelligences
Seven primary mental abilities theory
The Stanford-Binet intelligence scale
Creating a new intelligence scale that could be used for adults.
9
What is an example of crystallized intelligence?
solving a puzzle
knowledge on a subject
acquiring new skills
problem solving
10
Eugenics
A tax required as a qualification for voting
Science of improving human population to get desired traits
Cold air is forced through molten iron to remove impurities
Chicago began building with steel girders
11
To say that knowledge is socially constructed means:
The people who own media construct a view everyone must conform to
Sociologists define what knowledge means in society
Knowledge is reinforced by members of society and changes as society does
The knowledge required to construct buildings
12
Intellectually disabled child...most likely
unusually creative
have difficulty adapting to normal independent adult life
born with extra chromosome
female rather than male
13
The Normal Curve is a?
Parabola Shaped Curve
U Shaped Curve
Bell Shaped Curve
Ball Shaped Curve
14
What is Savant Syndrome?
Score high on intelligence tests and good at multiple things
Score low on intelligence tests but brilliant with one thing
Score low on intelligence tests but good at multiple things
Score high on intelligence tests and brilliant at everything
15
What is crystallized intelligence?
Knowing that you are old
Ability to solve abstract problems
Knowledge of crystals
Use of accumulated knowledge
16
Spearman's g factor refers to
genetic contribution to intelligence
highly developed skill or talent
general intelligence underlying successful performance
ability to regulate and understand emotions
17
What is standardized testing?
Students take the same test-scored and analyzed the same way
Taken to check the quality or performance of a person
A test of knowledge
Torture
18
An IQ score of 100 indicates...
Cannot tell without knowing their age
average intelligence
below average intelligence
above average intelligence
19
Which is the strongest indicator of bias in an intelligence test?
factor analysis
Intelligence tests are no longer ever bias
cultural experiences of test writers and test takers
heritability
20
Predictive statistics
uses assumptions from data to explain a phenomenon
uses visual representations to show trends in data
tries to use current data to predict future events
describe a population from a data set
21
What is fluid intelligence?
Your ability to solve abstract problems
Knowledge of fluid objects
Your ever changing knowledge
Your use of accumulated knowledge
22
How can a measure be reliable but not valid?
The measure might be consistently inaccurate
The measure might be both consistent and accurate
The measure might be neither consistent nor accurate
The measure might be inconsistent but accurate.
23
Sternberg's three Triarchic intelligences are:
componential, experiential & contextual
analytic, creative & practical
crystal, fluid & experiential
analytic, componential & fluid
24
How does the nature vs. nurture debate contribute to intelligence?
To what extent personality is hereditary or learned.
How personalities contribute to learning styles.
To what extent intelligence is hereditary or learned.
How autism can be linked to milk.
25
Define Aptitude
looking in the mirror and seeing a clown
developed talents or abilities
set ways of thinking or feeling about sommeone or something
natural abilities
26
The test that provides separate verbal comprehension, perceptual organization...& an overall score is...
SAT
Stanford-Binet
WAIS
MMPI
27
Stereotype threat is:
a worry that you will be stereotyped
a worry that you will stereotype others and that will threaten them
feeling threatened by really loud music on the stereo
a worry that a stereotype will be applied to you, or you'll confirm
28
What is the difference between achievement and aptitude tests?
Achievement=what we can learn; Aptitude=what we have learned
Achievement=what we have learned; Aptitude=what we can learn
29
What would be the ratio of mental age to chronological age for a person of average intelligence
10:1
1:1
1:5
1:25
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G... I wonder how many kinds of intelligence there are... I say only 1.
Spearman
Sternberg
Gardner
Thurstone
31
If I score in the 92nd percentile on a test, that means...
I passed my test
I got 92% of the questions on the test correct
I got 92 questions correct
I scored better than 92% of the other students
32
General intelligence test scores obtained during adolescence best predict grades in school.
False
True
33
Define Aptitude
Demanding perfection; strict
To pronounce or articulate
To make clear by explaining
Skill or suitability for
34
The distribution of IQ scores
reveals a difference in the average for men and women
falls off abruptly above 100
shows that most people score between 50 and 70
is approximately normal or bell-shaped
35
Terman's American revision of Binet's intelligence test
Stanford-Binet
WAIS
Wechsler
SAT
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Sir Francis Galton believed that intellectual genius
can be expressed as a ratio of mental age: chronological age
is mainly due to inherited differences in abilities
can be achieved through specialised training
is measurable using cognitive IQ tests available at the time

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