Intelligence Psych

General intelligence test scores obtained during adolescence best predict which of the following?

grades in school

The Flynn effect is best illustrated by which of the following statements?

intelligence scores increase from generation to generation

The ratio of mental mage to chronological age for a child of average intelligence is

1:1

When is it permissible for a psychologist to share a client's test scores with another person?

Never

Which of the following types of validity is established by demonstrating that there is a correlations between scores on a test and later academic performance?

Predictive

A test is administered to 1,000 fourth graders across the country, and then it is readministered to the same children 90 days later. The test-retest results will yield an evaluation of the test's

reliability

The correlation between scores obtained on two halves of a single test yields information about the test's

reliability

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

On individual intelligence tests such as the Stanford-binet and Wechsler scales, an IQ of 100 indicates that the test taker

scored at the average level for test takers of the same age

A standardized test must have all of the following EXCEPT

Multiple-choice questions

All of the following are reasons for requiring clearly specified procedures for the administration and scoring of assessment measures, such as standardized tests, EXCEPT to

decrease the amount of time needed to administer the test

A disadvantage of using Alfred Binet's concept of mental age is assessing intelligence is that

it is inappropriate for adults

A student's test score of 86 is at the 42nd percentile. This means that this student has

scored the same was or higher than 42 percent of her fellow students

Which of the following is the best example of fluid intelligence?

using cubes to figure out the solution to a previously unseen puzzle

A teacher creates a test that will predict how well a student will do as a commercial airline pilot. The test is taken before the training, and then the teacher correlates the test score to the number of safe flying hours. The teacher is trying to determine whether the test has

criterion-related validity

The component of intelligence described by Raymond Cattell as involving the ability to understand logical relationships, reason abstractly, and learn quickly is related to which of the following?

fluid intelligence

A female student was rejected by a college because her score on at test used by the college to predict performance there was below the college's cut off score. An influential alumnus off the college intervened on the students behavior and the student was admitted. Four years later the student graduated with honors. The most likely explanation of this outcome is that the test

had less than perfect validity

Barbara is a talented architect. On which type of intelligence will she most heavily rely to complete her next building design?

spatial

Alfred Binet's efforts to measure intelligence were directed at

predicting children's success in school

a psychologist gives the same test to a class of students at the beginning of the day and again at the end of the school day. the extent to which test scores are similar across two administrations demonstrates which of the following test properties?

reliability

Henry took an intelligence test and scored lower than he thought he should. He kept retaking the test, but he kept getting about the same score each time. This series of events indicates that the test was

reliable

If students get approximately the same score on the second administration of a test as they did on the first, then the test is

reliable

A researcher interested in finding a simple way to estimate intelligence decides to evaluate skull circumference as a possible indicator for intelligence. He finds that the size of an adult's skull remains the same from one measurement to the next, but he finds that skill circumference is a not a very good predictor of intelligence. In this example, skill circumference as a measure of intelligence is

reliable but not valid

On an intelligence test, the number of questions an individual answers correctly is meaningless without which of the following?

standardization