Testing and Individual Differences

The characteristics of savant syndrome have been used to support

Who extended the definition of intelligence to a broad range of talents?

Studies suggest there is a positive correlation b/t intelligence & the

Using facial expressions to judge whether someone is happy to participate illustrates

Correlating grades and aptitude test scores can assess the ___ of the aptitude test

Males tend to outnumber females in highly gifted classes for

The widespread improvement in IQ test performance during the past century is called the

What was the purpose behind Binet's test of intellectual abilities?

Research supports that middle school kids who outscore their older kids on aptitude tests began

A bell-shaped curve characterizing a large sample of IQ test scores is a graphic representation

Similarities b/t the IQ test scores of identical twins raised apart are

Because intelligence is defined according to the attributes that enable success in culture, we

A test has a high degree of validity if it

The "Mozart Effect" refers to the now-discounted findings that cognitive abilities are boosted

T/F - Both genes & environment have some influence on IQ scores

The WAIS was designed to test __ intelligence, the WISC to test ___ intelligence

Kids in orphanages suffered from delayed intellectual development due to

Which of the following provides evidence that IQ tests are influenced by environment?

When a person's test score can be compared w/ a representative & pretested sample it is

It is reasonable to believe the Flynn effect is due in part to

Self-fulfilling expectations occur because of the

Adding kids with intellectual disabilities into regular classrooms is known as

The chronological age of kids typically corresponding to a given level on an IQ test.

A 22-yr-old who has mastered the basic skills of a 2nd grader and is not fully self-supporting

IQ tests have reduced discrimination in the sense that they have

Factor analysis is a statistical procedure that can be used to

Thurston claimed that work fluency

Sternberg distinguished among all of the following types of intelligence except

What have learned from IQ tests about race?

If a test yields consistent results every time it is used, it has a high degree of

Which region of the brain is the center for processing mathematical and spatial information?

Head Start programs

A test that measures a person's capacity to learn something are known as

The WAIS subsets are in

The history of IQ testing reinforces the important lesson that

Down syndrome kids are

All IQ tests are biased in the sense that

Mental abilities are __ b/c not all cultures have similar gender gaps in mathematical abilities

Ability to learn from experience, solve problems, & use knowledge to adapt to new situations

A general intelligence that underlies successful performance on a wide variety of tasks

Achievement tests measure

Which best illustrates the concept of analytical intelligence?

Highly intelligent kids have ___ than their counterparts.

Some studies suggest a rough indicator of a kid's intelligence is their

The Stanford-Binet, WAIS & WISC are types of

IQ scores are most more stable over a year's period of time