Unit 11

People are said to have an intellectual disability if they have difficulty adapting to the demands of the independent living and have IQ scores below a. 60 b. 70 c. 80 d. 90 e. 100

b. 70

Which of the following is one of Robert Sternberg's types of intelligence? a. Naturalistic intelligence b. General intelligence c. Practical intelligence d. Savant intelligence e. Kinesthetic intelligence

c. practical intelligence

if the scores on an intelligence test form a normal curve with a standard deviation of 15 a. the mean, median, and mode are 100 b. 68 percent of test scores are between 85 and 115 c. 60 percent of test takers earned at least a 100 d. a and b only are true e. a, b, and c are true

d. a and b only are true

the most widely used modern intelligence test was developed by a. Alfred Binet b. Louis Terman c. Robert Sternberg d. David Wechsler e. Howard Gardner

a. Alfred Binet

If Lanie is able to tell when her husband is upset by noticing subtle changes in his facial expressions, she might be said to have a high degree of a. emotional intelligence b. naturalistic intelligence c. practical intelligence d. spatial intelligence e. adaptive intelligence

a. emotional intelligence

Charles Spearman's g refers to a. general intelligence b. grouped intelligence factors c. genetic intelligence d. generated creativity e. generalized reliability

a. general intelligence

Researchers studying the effects of genes on intelligence have found that a. intelligence is effected by many genes working together b. there is a gene that is involved in the intelligence of men but not women c. there is a gene that is involved in the intelligence of women but not men d. a single gene is involved in the intelligence of both men and women e. there is no evidence that genes play a role in intelligence

a. intelligence is effected by many genes working together

The purpose of Alfred Binet's early intelligence test was to a. predict how chilren would do in school b. identify difference among ethnic and racial groups c. help French graduates find the occupation in which they were most likely to succeed d. establish the scientific definition of intelligence e. facilitate "genetic breeding" experiments

a. predict how children would do in school

Students who do well on college entrance exams generally do well in their first year of college. This helps establish that these exams have a. predictive validity b. split-half reliability c. content validity d. test-retest reliability e. standard validity

a. predictive validity

the original formula for a child's intelligence quotient compared a child's a. aptitude to his or her school performance b. mental age to his or her chronological age c. intelligence to his or her sibling's intelligence d. intelligence to his or her parents intelligence e. math intelligence to his or hr verbal intelligence

b. mental age to his or her chrinological age

Howard Gardner found evidence of multiple intelligences in individual who scored low on intelligence but had an area of exceptional ability-- for example, to make complex calculations. These people have a. the Flynn effect b. savant syndrome c. advanced mental age d. Wechsler syndrome e. intelligence heritability

b. savant syndrome

If approached on the street by a stranger and asked to make a guess about their IQ score, your best guess would be a. 50 b. 75 c. 100 d. 125 e. 150

c. 100

Achievement tests are to aptitude tests as a. verbal performance is ti spatial performance b. elementary school skills are to secondary school skills c. measurement is to prediction d. reliability is to validity e. general intelligence is to multiple intelligences

c. measurement is to prediction

Heritabiity of intelligence refers to a. the extent to which a persons intelligene is caused by genetics b. the effect of adoption on the intelligence of adopted children c. the amount of group variation in intelligence that can be attributed to genetics d. the extent to which the quality of schools and other environmental factors determine intelligence e. the correlation between intlligence test scores of identical twins

c. the amount of group variation in intelligence that can be attributed to genetics

What is the benefit of standardizing an intelligence test? a. To counter rising intelligence scores b. To measure the extent to which the test actually predicts what it promises c. To provide a basis for comparing scores against a pretested group d. To determine if the est yields dependably consistent results e. To calculate the relative effects of nature and nurture on intelligence

c. to provide a basis for comparing scores against a pretested group

The Flynn effect refers to the a. superiority of certain racial and ethnic groups on intelligence tests b. extreme scores (very high and very low scores) that are more common for males than for females on math tests c. stereotype threat that might cause some Black students to underperform on standardiszed tests d. predictive ability of intelligence tests e. gradul increase in average intelligence score of he general population over the last several decades

e. gradual increase in average intelligence scores over the last several decades

What would be true of a thermometer that always reads three degrees lower than the actual temperature? a. It is valid but not reliable b. It is both reliable and valid c. It is neither reliable nor valid d. It is not valid, but you cannot determine if it is reliable from the information given e. It is reliable but not valid

e. it is reliable but not valid

Which of the following individuals would best represent our understanding of fluid versus crystallized intelligence? a. James is 80 and has just solved a math equation that has been puzzling him for the last 40 years b. Luis is 22 and has written several successful novels. c. Alice is 25 and has discovered a new chemical element d. As a high school student, Alex changed the way people thought about a local homeless man by doing research into his life e. After watching the sky for 50 years Nate finally discovered a new planet

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