Quiz 8: Testing and Individual Differences

Psychologists use ____ to assess and compare individuals' mental aptitudes.

Children in an Iranian orphanage suffered delayed intellectual development due to

Robert Sternberg distinguished among analytical, practical, and ______ intelligence.

Howard Gardner is most likely to agree that the concept of intelligence includes

intelligence tests were initially designed by Binet and Simon to assess

Individuals with Down's syndrome are 

5 year old Ben has an IQ old 120 on the original version of the Stanford-Binet. His mental age

12 year old Jen has an IQ of 75 on the original version of the Stanford-Binet Her mental age is

Lewis Terman's widely used American revision of Binet's original intelligence test was the

Widespread improvement in intelligence test performance during the past century is called

Tests designed to assess what a person has learned are called ______ tests.

Spearman's g factor refers to

Tests designed to predict ability to learn new skills are called

Emotional intelligence is a critical component of

Twin and adoption studies are helpful for assessing the ______ of intelligence

Howard Gardner identified a total of _____ intelligences.

If a test yields consistent results every time it is used, it has a high degree of 

Spearman referred to the general capacity that may underlie a persons mental abilities as

The Stanford-Binet, WAIS and WISC tests are all types of

To regard an abstract concept as if it were a real, concrete thing is called

Intelligence tests are most likely to be considered culturally biased n terms of their

The WAIS consists of separate ________ subtests.

Object assembly, picture arrangement, and block design are 3 performance subtests of the

To assess mental age, Binet and Simon measured children's

The lower region of the ______ is a center for processing mathematical and spatial information.