Psychology Test Unit 5-C (chapter 11)
If you want to see how Penny did on the even questions compared to the odd questions for her driver's education exam you would use
split-half reliability.
The research of Scarr and Weinberg points to the fact that ________ can have a powerful effect on IQ.
environment
To become a world-class chef or violinist, you should expect to spend about how many years of intense study and practice?
10
Using most tests of intelligence, the cut-off score at which a person is labeled as "gifted" is
130
On an IQ test, a six-year-old child scores a mental age of eight years. What is the child's IQ score?
133
A child whose IQ score is ________ would probably be classified as ________.
60; mentally retarded
Which of the following pairs of children features one child who might be classified as mentally retarded and one child who might be classified as gifted?
Bill's IQ is 54, and Missy's IQ is 137.
Critics have accused Murray and Herrnstein (authors of The Bell Curve) of ignoring which of the following rules that scientists should observe in interpreting research?
Correlation does not prove causation.
In the original Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale, the intelligence quotient (IQ) was calculated as
IQ = MA/CA × 100.
Which of the following people would be considered a savant?
Luka, who is intellectually disabled but has superb mathematical skills
________ created the g factor to represent one's general intellectual ability.
Spearman
The Stanford-Binet test was developed by
Terman.
A self-fulfilling prophecy occurs when people
achieve at their expected level.
Based on Scarr and Weinberg's study, you would expect that black and white children who were ________ at birth would exhibit IQ scores that reflected a strong environmental effect.
adopted
According to Sternberg, your college grades would reflect your ________ intelligence.
analytical
One of the first ways IQ tests were used in the United States was to
assess and classify army recruits
The WAIS, WISC, and WPPSI are tests of ________ that were created by ________.
components of intelligence; David Weschler
According to Sternberg, Picasso would score as high in ________ intelligence.
creative
Sternberg would say that it is necessary to have ________ intelligence to design the interior of a home, but ________ intelligence to do well on their exams in school.
creative; analytical
The purpose of the Binet test was to
determine which children needed remedial help.
Arthur Jensen proposed that there are limits to increases in the improvement of IQ scores for ________ because of heredity.
different racial groups
If you can readily solve problems using heuristics, you would be said to be high in ________ intelligence.
fluid
If someone has an IQ score above 130, they may be labeled as being
gifted.
Robert Sternberg would say that a person who has "street smarts," even though he does not do well in school
has much practical intelligence.
If Ralph's computed IQ score is 75, then
he might be a 12-year-old who is as smart as the average 9-year-old.
Critics claimed that Jensen minimized or ignored the impact of all of the following in terms of racial differences EXCEPT
heredity.
We can speak of ________ only within a group of individuals who have shared the same environment.
heritable differences
Which group of people was often labeled "morons" by early intelligence tests because of limited English skills?
immigrants to the United States
The term ________ refers to the ratio of mental age divided by chronological age multiplied by 100.
intelligence quotient
Which of the mental abilities noted by Gardner could be thought of as relating to emotional intelligence?
interpersonal and intrapersonal
Janet cannot get along well with others, but she is the best in her class at reading. According to Howard Gardner, she lacks ________ intelligence but possesses much ________ intelligence.
interpersonal; linguistic
Savants typically have
low IQ scores.
A key problem with Terman's original formula for computing IQ is that it
made it seem as if adults grow less intelligent with age.
Interpersonal intelligence is to intrapersonal intelligence as
others are to self.
John Berry found that the description of intelligence by members of the Cree culture focuses on
respect.
When establishing norms it is important to first ________ before comparing other people to the norm.
test a statistically significant sample
Chronological age is
the number of years since an individual's birth.
Scarr and Weinberg found that by the time of late adolescence,
there was no difference in IQ scores between black and white adoptees.
The Binet-Simon approach to the assessment of school abilities was unique in that
they only measured current performance.
Charles Spearman argued that the g factor in intelligence
was innate.