Intelligence Testing

Question 1

What you mean by intelligence and how you would measure it is known as _______

Accepted Answer

operational definition

Question 2

Who conducted a famous study of high IQ children?

Accepted Answer

Lewis Terman

Question 3

Which type of test is designed to assess past learned knowledge?

Accepted Answer

achievement

Question 4

A person who is intellectually disabled and yet shows amazing talent in one area is labeled as:

Accepted Answer

someone with savant syndrome

Question 5

Which of the following is most likely true about a child who is intellectually disabled?

Accepted Answer

the child will have difficulty living independently

Question 6

Individuals with Down syndrome are _______________

Accepted Answer

born with an extra chromosome

Question 7

For the original version of the Stanford-Binet IQ test, IQ was defined as ______________

Accepted Answer

mental age divided by chronological age x 100

Question 8

A revision of the original Binet test, the Stanford-Binet IQ test was created by _______

Accepted Answer

Lewis Terman

Question 9

The bell-shaped pattern that represents the frequency distribution of IQ scores is called _____

Accepted Answer

normal curve

Question 10

Proposing that only intellectually fit people should be allowed to reproduce is known as:

Accepted Answer

eugenics

Question 11

Increasing years of schooling over the last century have most likely contributed to ______

Accepted Answer

the Flynn effect

Question 12

Intelligence test scores are better able to predict accurately the success of _____ students.

Accepted Answer

elementary school

Question 13

Coming up with many possible answers to a problem illustrates:

Accepted Answer

divergent thinking

Question 14

If asked to guess the intelligence score of a random person, your best guess would be:

Accepted Answer

100

Question 15

A 5 year old scores on an IQ test at a level typical of a child age 4. What is his mental age?

Accepted Answer

4

Question 16

Tests designed to predict ability to learn new skills are called _________ tests.

Accepted Answer

aptitude

Question 17

Which of the following scientists was NOT a proponent of multiple intelligences?

Accepted Answer

Charles Spearman

Question 18

The ability to control impulses and delay immediate pleasure to achieve long-term goals is ____

Accepted Answer

emotional intelligence

Question 19

Boys are more likely to outnumber girls in a class designed for students gifted in ________

Accepted Answer

math

Question 20

Approximately _______ percent of WAIS scores fall between 85 and 115?

Accepted Answer

68

Question 21

A good test should be consistent and dependable. This quality is known as __________

Accepted Answer

reliability

Question 22

If the history test covers WWII but it was supposed to be over the Civil War, the test has low:

Accepted Answer

content validity

Question 23

A test that measures or predicts what it is supposed to is said to have a high degree of _____

Accepted Answer

validity

Question 24

Who would have been most supportive of thinking of intelligence as a single power or ability?

Accepted Answer

Charles Spearman

Question 25

The first standardized IQ test was developed by ________________

Accepted Answer

Alfred Binet

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