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AP Psych Unit 11 Practice Test
AP Psych Unit 11 Practice Test
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1
J. McVicker Hunt began a program of tutored human enrichment in an Iranian orphanage. This program trained caregivers to
combat stereotype threat
imitate babies' babbling
calculate babies' intelligence quotients
ignore babies' crying
2
Which of the next observations provide the best evidence that intelligence test scores are influenced by environment?
Different national groups have different average intelligence scores
intelligence scores of siblings reared together are positively correlated
fraternal twins are more similar in intelligence scores than non-twin sib
intelligence scores of children are positively correlated with their parent
3
If a test yields consistent results every time it is used, it has a high degree of
content validity
standardization
predictive validity
reliability
4
After learning about his low score on the WAIS, Draco complained, “I don't think that test is a measure of intelligence"
validity
standardization
factor analysis
reliability
5
Terman observed that children with IQ scores over 135 are likely to
be socially isolated
be academically successful
have a high degree of practical intelligence
be athletically uncoordinated
6
The heritability of intelligence is greatest among
genetically identical people who have been raised in dissimilar environment
genetically identical peoples who have been raised in similar environments
genetically similar people who have been raised in dissimilar environments.
genetically dissimilar peoples who have been raised in similar environments
7
Intelligence tests are most likely to be considered culturally biased in terms of their
normal distribution
reliability
predictive validity
content validity
8
Psychologists measure the correlation between aptitude test scores and grades, to assess the __ of the aptitude test
reliability
validity
standardization
normal distribution
9
In stressful situations, Preeti is able to maintain her poise and help others f
eel comfortable. Her ability best shows:
heritability.
extrinsic motivation
divergent thinking
emotional intelligence
10
Research on the determinants of intelligence indicates that
other answers are too long to put as an option
concern over nature-nurture issue has declined much during the past 10 year
both genes and environment have some influence on intelligence scores
not this one
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It would be reasonable to suggest that the Flynn effect is due in part to
increasingly improved childhood health and nutrition
the failure to re-standardize existing intelligence tests
the deteriorating quality of parental involvement in children's education
the lack of early childhood education in urban areas
12
On which of the following tasks are females most likely to perform as well or better than males?
playing checkers
reciting poetry
plating video games
copying geometric designs
13
**best work of scientists is often done in early adulthood, and novelists' often happen in mid-adulthood requires a
concrete and formal operations
conventional and postconventional morality
fluid and crystallized intelligence
initiative and generativity
14
Five y/o Wilbur performs on an intelligence test at a level of an average 4-year-old. Wilbur's mental age is
4
4.5
5
80
15
Object assembly, picture arrangement, and block design are three performance subtests of the
Stanford-Binet
WAIS
SAT
TAT
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When a person's test performance can be compared with a representative and pretested sample of people, the test is
valid
internally consistent
reliable
standardized
17
**to assess whether a test can guess how well applicants will perform at his school.He is concerned about the test's
reliable
factor-analyzed
valid
standardized
18
Twin and adoption studies are helpful for assessing the ________ of intelligence.
reliability
predictive validity
heritability
content validity
19
To determine whether a child's intellectual development was fast or slow, Binet and Simon assessed the child's
emotional intelligence
inductive reasoning
mental age
genetic predispositions
20
People's scores on the general intelligence factor are most highly correlated with their ability to solve ____ problems.
cultural
emotional
novel
social
21
The characteristics of savant syndrome have been used to support
Stern's original IQ formula
Spearman's belief in intelligence as one general ability, or g factor
Thurstone's notion of social intelligence
Gardner's argument for multiple intelligences
22
The original IQ formula would be LEAST appropriate for representing the intelligence test performance of
college students
kindergarten students
preschool students
grade school students
23
Educational programs for gifted children are most likely to be criticized for
overemphasizing the genetic determinants of giftedness
overestimating the intelligence of gifted children
assuming intelligence test scores can predict children's academic success
encouraging segregation&academic tracking of intellectually advantaged
24
Robert Sternberg distinguished among analytical, practical, and ________ intelligence.
intrapersonal
creative
musical
spatial
25
A bell-shaped curve that characterizes a large sample of intelligence test scores is a graphic representation of a
factor analysis
normal distribution
g factor
heritability estimate