AP Psychology test practice unit 5
A standardized test must have all of the following except
norms
A test that is labeled an achievement test is most likely to be given to
allow a student to be exempted from a college course.
Initially, intelligence quotients were calculated on the basis of a person's mental and chronological ages. Using that approach, a person with a mental age of 12 and an intelligence score of 120 would have a chronological age of
10
Which of the following scenarios best exemplifies practical intelligence as suggested by Robert Sternberg's triarchic theory?
A club president devises a way to publicize important upcoming events
Which of the following types of intelligence is most clearly demonstrated by an individual's knowledge of facts?
Analytical
Charles Spearman's concept of g is most accurately defined as
Aptitude
Which of the following refers to the potential of an individual to preform an as yet unlearned task?
Aptitude
Five-year-old Tahani is entering a school where English is the only language spoken, but in her home, her family uses a combination of both English and her family's native language. When she starts school, she takes a test measuring her English language development. Her score is well below that of the other children in her class, most of whom live in homes where only one language is spoken. Which of the following is the most likely explanation for Tahani's test scores?
Because Tahani speaks more than one language, her proficiency in each language may come later for her monolingual peers.
Which of the following theorists suggested that intelligence can be classified into general and specific intelligence factors
Charles Spearman
Dr.Porter is studying the effectiveness of two intervention programs to improve the outcomes of children who have an intellectual disability, Which of the following groups of children should she include in her study
Children who have an IQ between 50 and 69
The Flynn effect is best illustrated by which of the following statements
Intelligence scores increase from generation to generation
A disadvantage of using Alfred Binet's concept of mental age in assessing intelligence is that
It is inappropriate for adults
Ms. Regan, who is a teacher, agrees more with Howard Gardner's theory of intelligence than Charles Spearman's theory of intelligence. which of the following scenarios would she most agree with?
Ms. Regan's thinks that her student exhibit more than one type of intelligence for example, she notices her student Noel plays with others as well as alone.
The Psychology Aptitude Test (PAT) was administered to incoming college psychology majors.Their scores were later compared to their performance in the introductory psychology course, and high scores on the Pat were related to high grades in the course. Therefore, the PAT has
Predictive validity
Michael, who has an IQ of 60, is able to do complex calculations in his head, regardless of the size of the numbers. When he is with his family and friends, he does not engage socially; he focuses on his numerical calculations. Which of the following best describes these characteristics?
Savant Syndrome
Average IQ scores have increased steadily over the past 100 years. It has been argued that this effect is most likely due to
an increase in the average number of years in school
A test that is valid must
be reliable
A normally functioning 65-year-old who cannot solve abstract logic puzzles as quickly as he did when he was younger is experiencing a
decrease in his fluid intelligence
Research on sterotype threat indicates that students might not do as well as they can on a test if
they are informed that people of their ethnicity,age,or gender usually do not preform well on the tests
Lewis Terman's studies of gifted children indicated that
they frequently have difficulty interacting with peers
