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What term is used to describe the same test given out with the same instructions, same time limit and same questions?
Regulated
Standardized
Validated
Synchronized
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According to Robert Sternberg, which type of intelligence do IQ tests tend to focus narrowly on?
Quantitative
Social
Academic
Mechanical
3
When tested on the Stanford-Binet, Ada is found to have a mental age of eight. What does this mean?
She is intellectually impaired
Her IQ is 80
Her score is 8 standard deviation units above the average score
Her performance was as good as that of an average 8-year-old
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What would your score be if 30 percent of a reference group scored higher than you on a test?
at the 70th percentile
at the 30th percentile
at the 74th percentile
at the 29th percentile
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Which type of standardized test would be used to predict how well you will do in college or university?
predictive test
aptitude test
intelligence test
personality test
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How is criterion-related validity established for a test?
Correlating scores on the test with another trait associated with the test
Examining correlation coefficients for repeated administrations of the test
having experts in the field asses the items on the test
Logic and theory testing
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What do most researchers agree is quite high for intelligence tests?
Reliability
Validity
Predictability
Generalizability
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What type of intelligence includes reasoning capacity, memory capacity and speed of information processing?
Fluid
Generative
Abstract
Level-two
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What would you choose if you needed an intelligence test that was specifically designed for adults?
Terman-Stanford-Binet Intelligence scale
Galton IQ test
Otis-Lennon school ability test
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
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What would we say about a test if it accurately measures what it was designed to measure?
It is valid?
It is normative
It is reliable
It is consistent
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Walter has taken a test that attempts to asses his interests and attitudes. What type of test has Walter taken?
Correlation test
Aptitude test
Personality test
Achievement test
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What do we call a test that yields nearly identical scores when it is retaken after a two-month interval?
Reliable
Valid
Significant
Standardized
13
Who developed the first intelligence tests designed to predict the school performance of children?
Jean Piaget
Lewis Terman
Alfred Binet
David Wechsler
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Which phrase was coined by Galton in his analysis hereditary and the role of environment on intelligence?
Common sense
Nature vs. Nurture
Survival of the fittest
Mental age
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What does the reliability of a psychological test refer to?
Predictability
Representativeness
Accuracy of inference
Consistency
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What test would determine if an elementary student would be placed in the "gifted" program?
intelligence
achievement
personality
vocabulary
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What are we evaluating about a test if we use test-retest procedures?
Criterion Validity
Accuracy
Reliability
Content Validity
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What is crystallized intelligence associated with?
Applying acquired knowledge in problem solving
Memory capacity and processing speed
Creativity
Abstract reasoning ability
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What is NOT one of the primary mental abilities suggested by Thurstone
Inductive reasoning
Spatial ability
Word fluency
Sensory discrimination
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How does the Binet-Simon scale of intelligence express a child's score?
Mental age
Percentile score
Intelligence quotient (IQ)
Potential Score
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What would you use to determine where a particular score on a test falls in relationship to a comparison group?
test norms
test reliability
test outcome data
test standardization information
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What is the term for the degree to which the items on a test are representative of the domain it is supposed to cover?
Test reliability
Content validity
test convergence
Criterion validity
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Predictability is to criterion-related validity as ______ is to test-retest reliability.
Correlation
Predictability
Standardization
Consistency
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What does a psychological test measure?
the constancies of a person’s behaviour
a person’s typical behaviour
a sample of a person’s behaviour
a person’s absolute level of performance
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What does an achievement test measure?
general mental ability
a person’s mastery and knowledge of a subject
talent for specific kinds of learning
basic characteristics of one’s personality
