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Tests designed to assess what a person has learned are called ___ tests.
achievement
aptitude
ability
standardized
2
A bell-shaped curve characterizing a sample of intel. test scores is a representation of a
savant syndrome
g factor
normal distribution
heritability estimate
3
According to Howard Gardner, how many intelligences do we have?
3
7
9
1
4
What is the meaning of savant syndrome?
genius person
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
5
John took a test intended to assess his readiness for college. He probably took
the Standford-Binet
the WISC
the SAT
the WAIS
6
The lower region of the ___ lobe is a center for processing mathematical/spatial information
frontal
occipital
parietal
temproal
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If a test measures or predicts what it is supposed it is ____________.
Reliable
Reified
Standardized
Valid
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What is the most widely used intelligence test?
WAIS
Stanford-Binet
Binet-Simon
WISC
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Why did Lewis Terman start a study of gifted children in the 1920s?
to prove that people have multiple intelligences
to raise the intelligence of Americans
to disprove Spearman's theory about g
to see if the myths about smart people were true
10
What term refers to the variation between individuals that is due to genes?
Nurture
Heuristic
Heretability
Inheritance
11
What type of intelligence seems to peak at age 40 and then begin to slowly decline?
fluid
crystallized
spatial
verbal
12
Why did Alfred Binet create an intelligence test?
to test immigrants arriving in American
to identify gifted children
to examine the intelligence of men in the Army
to identify slow learners
13
At age 16, a girl's IQ is 110. What will it probably be at age 32?
No way to tell
120
100
110
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What type of intelligence refers to one's knowledge and continues to grow into old age?
crystallized
verbal
Mathematical
fluid
15
the WAIS was designed for testing ___ intel. whereas the WISC was designed for testing __intel.
interpersonal/intrapersonal
practical/creative
analytical/emotional
adults'/children's
16
A student's score on the Binet-Simon Test was called ________.
Chronological Age
Mental Age
Grade
IQ
17
A test of your capacity to learn to be an automobile mechanic would be considered a(n) __ test.
aptitude
intelligence
achievement
interest
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A test that has reliability_________________________________.
predicts what it is supposed to
yields consistent results
produces a normal curve
measures current knowledge
19
What statistical procedure identifies clusters of related items?
regression to the mean
standardization
IQ formula
factor analysis
20
Which of the following is not one of Sternberg's triarchic intelligences?
Analytical
Creative
Practical
Emotional
21
Experts would most likely agree that intelligence is
a multiple array of completely independenct adaptive traits
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
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How do test makers standardize tests?
They measure people's mental aptitudes
They pretest samples of future test-takers.
They seek to measure a person's current knowledge
they use factor analysis
23
What did Charles Spearman call his theory about general intelligence?
g
Multiple Intelligences
IQ
Practical Intelligence
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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
