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

cultural experiences of test writers and test takers

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

Construct validity addresses hypothetical. Criterion addresses behavior.

What is standardized testing?

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

Science of improving human population to get desired traits

The distribution of IQ scores

is approximately normal or bell-shaped

Stereotype threat is:

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

Predictive statistics

tries to use current data to predict future events

Spearman's g factor refers to

general intelligence underlying successful performance

What is fluid intelligence?

Your ability to solve abstract problems

What is Savant Syndrome?

Score low on intelligence tests but brilliant with one thing

Sir Francis Galton believed that intellectual genius

is mainly due to inherited differences in abilities

To say that knowledge is socially constructed means:

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

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

To what extent intelligence is hereditary or learned.

Intellectually disabled child...most likely

have difficulty adapting to normal independent adult life

David Wechsler was responsible for?

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

What is the difference between achievement and aptitude tests?

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

The Flynn Effect could be used to explain

Why you are SO much smarter than your parents

How can a measure be reliable but not valid?

The measure might be consistently inaccurate

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

I scored better than 92% of the other students

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

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