4.4 Quiz

If a test that is administered repeatedly to the same individual produces dramatically different scores on each administration it is said to lack

reliability

Claude Steele's research suggests that test performance can be depressed by the self-fulfilling phenomenon called the

stereotype threat

A test that measures the quality or skill that it is designed to measure is said to process

validity

Which of the following is the best example of predictive validity?

A person who does well on the Law School Admissions Test does well in law school.

Which of the following is an example of an intelligence test that would be administered on an individual basis?

Wechsler Scale

A test that reflects the amount of knowledge you gained over the course of three years of high school French classes would be referred to as ___ test.

an achievement

According to Robert Sternberg, a person who does well in school would possess a high degree of ___ intelligence.

analytical

One's store of general factual and conceptual knowledge is referred to collectively as

crystallized intelligence

Clusters of related test questions that measure common abilities are identified with a statistical procedure called

factor analysis

Most persons who are diagnosed with mental retardation are classified as having a ___ degree of retardation.

mild