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What did Charles Spearman call his theory about general intelligence?
IQ
Multiple Intelligences
Practical Intelligence
g
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Why did Lewis Terman start a study of gifted children in the 1920s?
to see if the myths about smart people were true
to prove that people have multiple intelligences
to raise the intelligence of Americans
to disprove Spearman's theory about g
3
A student's score on the Binet-Simon Test was called ________.
Chronological Age
IQ
Grade
Mental Age
4
According to Howard Gardner, how many intelligences do we have?
1
7
9
3
5
The lower region of the ___ lobe is a center for processing mathematical/spatial information
temproal
parietal
frontal
occipital
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A test that has reliability_________________________________.
produces a normal curve
measures current knowledge
yields consistent results
predicts what it is supposed to
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What is the meaning of savant syndrome?
a very smart person who struggles with math
person with low IQ who has an island of brilliance
a person with average IQ who has one brilliant talent
genius person
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What type of intelligence refers to one's knowledge and continues to grow into old age?
fluid
Mathematical
crystallized
verbal
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How do test makers standardize tests?
They seek to measure a person's current knowledge
they use factor analysis
They pretest samples of future test-takers.
They measure people's mental aptitudes
10
Experts would most likely agree that intelligence is
a general trait that underlies success on learly any task
an inborn ability to perfomr well on standard intel tests
a mental ability to learn from experience
a multiple array of completely independenct adaptive traits
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The Stanford-Binet, WAIS and WISC tests are all types of
general intelligence tests
multiple intelligence tests
achievement tests
personality tests
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If a test measures or predicts what it is supposed it is ____________.
Standardized
Reified
Valid
Reliable
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What is the most widely used intelligence test?
Stanford-Binet
WISC
Binet-Simon
WAIS
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What statistical procedure identifies clusters of related items?
standardization
regression to the mean
factor analysis
IQ formula
15
Which of the following is not one of Sternberg's triarchic intelligences?
Emotional
Analytical
Practical
Creative
16
A bell-shaped curve characterizing a sample of intel. test scores is a representation of a
savant syndrome
normal distribution
heritability estimate
g factor
17
John took a test intended to assess his readiness for college. He probably took
the WISC
the SAT
the WAIS
the Standford-Binet
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Tests designed to assess what a person has learned are called ___ tests.
standardized
aptitude
achievement
ability
19
At age 16, a girl's IQ is 110. What will it probably be at age 32?
120
100
110
No way to tell
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Why did Alfred Binet create an intelligence test?
to identify slow learners
to examine the intelligence of men in the Army
to test immigrants arriving in American
to identify gifted children
21
A test of your capacity to learn to be an automobile mechanic would be considered a(n) __ test.
intelligence
achievement
interest
aptitude
22
the WAIS was designed for testing ___ intel. whereas the WISC was designed for testing __intel.
adults'/children's
analytical/emotional
practical/creative
interpersonal/intrapersonal
23
What type of intelligence seems to peak at age 40 and then begin to slowly decline?
spatial
crystallized
fluid
verbal
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What term refers to the variation between individuals that is due to genes?
Inheritance
Heuristic
Heretability
Nurture
