AP Psychology - Intelligence & Testing

The SAT is a poor example of an

T/F: People who are geniuses have bigger brains.

T/F: The most commonly accepted theory today on intelligence is Gardner's.

our accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; tends to increase with age.

At what age do intelligence test scores begin to stabilize?

The mathematical formula used to determine IQ is mental age divided by _______x100

T/F : General intelligence scores can predict performance in various jobs.

IQ scores of identical twins raised in the same home are

T/F: Emotionally intelligent people may have better job performance.

Who was the father of the Eugenics movement?

What score do you have to achieve on the IQ test to be qualify as "Gifted"?

The IQ test that has 11 subtests broken into verbal and performance areas is 

defines uniform test procedures/meaningful scores by comparison with pretested performance

T/F: The SAT has poor predictive validity. 

Males are better than females in the area of 

The AP Psychology test is an example of an 

our ability to reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease during late adulthood.

What percent of the population meets the criteria of being intellectually disabled?

the proportion of variation among individuals that we can attribute to genes

The two types of intelligence are

In a normal distribution of an IQ test what percentage of people fall within 30 points of 100?

The trend that intelligence test performance has been rising is referred to as the 

Howard Gardner believed that intelligence was made up of how many types of intelligences?

2/3 of all test takers have an IQ between 85 and 

The IQ scores of Adopted children are

Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon set out to figure out a concept called

Emotional intelligence helps us to _______ emotions.

Who developed the Stanford-Binet Test?

The heritability of intelligence is 

Factors that influence intelligence are infant malnutrition, sensory deprivation, and

Charles Spearman's used factor analysis to measure a common skill set he called 

a self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative generally held belief

the extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest

An example of testing bias would be a question referring to 

Coleman's EQ refers to 

All of the following are types of intelligence of triarchic theory except

T/F: Practical intelligence involves convergent thinking.

passion and perseverance in the face of long term goals

What is NOT one of Gardner's identified intelligences?

In order to have an intellectual disability you must have a low test score and have difficulty

T/F: Binet and Simon designed their test to label children.

condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has exceptional specific skill

The modern day IQ test developed by Terman is called

The average IQ on an IQ test is

T/F: Early childhood education programs' effects continue to grow into high school.

Who countered Spearman's argument for a general intelligence?

T/F: Savant syndrome is best supported by Gardner's Multiple Intelliegences

In what area do highly intelligent people differ from their peers?

In order to test the reliability of IQ tests we use the methods of test- retest and 

What is NOT one of Sternberg's identified intelligences?

T/F: The IQ formula works well for 60 year olds.

If a girl wants to perform her best on a math test she should