Testing/Individual Differences Review, AP Psych

Question 1

What is the name of the most widely used intelligence test?

Accepted Answer

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale

Question 2

A condition of mental disability associated w/ physical disorders caused by an extra chromosome

Accepted Answer

Down Syndrome

Question 3

The capacity to acquire and utilize new knowledge is known as

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Intelligence

Question 4

Cognitive and behavioral impairments associated w/ a significantly impaired intelligence level

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Intellectual Disability

Question 5

Which theorist coined the concept of multiple intelligences?

Accepted Answer

Howard Gardner

Question 6

If a group of 1st graders are tested multiple times over the course of 30 years, it would be a

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Longitudinal study

Question 7

When a test is divided & scores on both portions produce similar results it is called

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Split-half reliability

Question 8

A condition in which a person with limited mental ability excels at a specific skill

Accepted Answer

Savant Syndrome

Question 9

Who created the most widely used modern intelligence test?

Accepted Answer

David Wechsler

Question 10

Reliable data by administering the same test twice over a period of time to a group

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Test-Retest reliability

Question 11

Robert Sternberg states what kind of intelligence is assessed by traditional intelligence tests

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Analytic

Question 12

The ability to solve new problems, use logic in new situations, and identify patterns is

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Fluid Intelligence

Question 13

Testing to predict ability to learn a skill is to testing of what is already learned as

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Aptitude is to Achievement

Question 14

Creating testing procedures and scores by comparison with the performances of a pretested group

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Standardization

Question 15

The extent to which variation of traits is attributed to genetics

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Heritability

Question 16

Theory that steadily rising IQ scores can be due to nutrition, education and/or technology

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Flynn Effect

Question 17

Selective breeding to avoid undesirable traits is known as

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Eugenics

Question 18

An individual's passion and powerful motivation to achieve their respective objective.

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Grit

Question 19

Which theorist coined the concept of general intelligence (g)?

Accepted Answer

Charles Spearman

Question 20

The ability to use learned knowledge and experience is known as

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Crystallized Intelligence

Question 21

Which theorist is most closely tied to the theory emotional intelligence?

Accepted Answer

John Gottman

Question 22

When the scores of 1 group are significantly different, particularly higher than others tested

Accepted Answer

Bias in testing

Question 23

Theory that we have one underlying factor of intelligence that spans into various abilities

Accepted Answer

General Intelligence (g)

Question 24

The average IQ score is

Accepted Answer

100

Question 25

The capacity to be aware of, control, and express self, and handle interpersonal relationships

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Emotional intelligence

Question 26

A number representing a person's reasoning ability is commonly known as

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Intelligence Quotient

Question 27

A person's level of performance as it corresponds to their chronological age is called

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Mental Age

Question 28

Analytical, Practical and Creative intelligences are all part of Sternberg's theory known as

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Triarchic Theory of Intelligence

Question 29

If the questions on a test do indeed measure what they're intended to, then it is said to have

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Content validity

Question 30

Who created the first practical intelligence test?

Accepted Answer

Alfred Binet

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