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According to Howard Gardner, how many intelligences do we have?
1
9
3
7
2
What term refers to the variation between individuals that is due to genes?
Heuristic
Inheritance
Heretability
Nurture
3
What statistical procedure identifies clusters of related items?
factor analysis
standardization
IQ formula
regression to the mean
4
On a normal curve, what are the mean, median, and mode?
between 70 and 130
above 130
100
Between 85 and 115
5
Why did Lewis Terman start a study of gifted children in the 1920s?
to raise the intelligence of Americans
to see if the myths about smart people were true
to prove that people have multiple intelligences
to disprove Spearman's theory about g
6
What did Charles Spearman call his theory about general intelligence?
Practical Intelligence
Multiple Intelligences
IQ
g
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What does predictive validity mean?
extent of a test's reliability
extent to which a test predicts a behavior
extent of a test's biases
the extent to which a test measures content
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A student's score on the Binet-Simon Test was called ________.
Chronological Age
Grade
IQ
Mental Age
9
What term refers to viewing an abstract concept as a real thing?
reification
reliability
percentile
validity
10
Claude Steele said _____ may occur when they hear negative stereotypes about themselves.
Stereotype Threat
Confirmation Bias
Overconfidence
Outgroup Fear
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How do test makers standardize tests?
They measure people's mental aptitudes
they use factor analysis
They seek to measure a person's current knowledge
They pretest samples of future test-takers.
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What type of intelligence seems to peak at age 40 and then begin to slowly decline?
crystallized
fluid
verbal
spatial
13
What type of intelligence refers to one's knowledge and continues to grow into old age?
crystallized
verbal
fluid
Mathematical
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What kind of test did Terman devise to measure future success of talented children?
Longitudinal
Experimental
IQ
Cross-sectional
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If a test measures or predicts what it is supposed it is ____________.
Reliable
Standardized
Valid
Reified
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A test that has reliability_________________________________.
produces a normal curve
measures current knowledge
yields consistent results
predicts what it is supposed to
17
John took a test intended to assess his readiness for college. He probably took
the Standford-Binet
the SAT
the WAIS
the WISC
18
What is the meaning of savant syndrome?
a very smart person who struggles with math
genius person
person with low IQ who has an island of brilliance
a person with average IQ who has one brilliant talent
19
What is the most widely used intelligence test?
Stanford-Binet
WAIS
WISC
Binet-Simon
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Who imported the Binet-Simon Test to the United States?
Carlos Montalvan
Lewis Terman
William Stern
Howard Gardner
21
Which of the following is not one of Sternberg's triarchic intelligences?
Emotional
Analytical
Practical
Creative
22
What percentage of IQ scores fall within one standard deviation of 100?
95%
34%
68%
13%
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Why did Alfred Binet create an intelligence test?
to identify slow learners
to identify gifted children
to test immigrants arriving in American
to examine the intelligence of men in the Army
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At age 16, a girl's IQ is 110. What will it probably be at age 32?
No way to tell
110
100
120
