Chapter 11 Practice Questions

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

The purpose of Alfred Binet's early intelligence test was to: a) predict how children would do in school. b) identify differences 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 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

Aptitude tests are specifically designed to a. Predict ability to learn a new skill b. Compare an individual's abilities with those of highly successful people c. Assess learned knowledge or skills d. Assess the ability to produce novel and valuable ideas e. Measure educational achievement

a. Predict ability to learn a new skill

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

b- 70

The intelligence quotient compares 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 siblings intelligence d) intelligence to his or her parents intelligence e) math intelligence to his or her verbal intelligence

b- mental age to his or her chronological age

Howard Gardner found evidence of multiple intelligences in individuals 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

Five year old Benjy has an IQ of 120 on the original version of the Stanford-Binet. His mental age is a. 4 b. 6 c. 8 d. 9 e. 12

b. 6

Who would have been most enthusiastic about the value of a single intelligence test score as an index of an individual's mental capabilities? a. L.L. Thurstone b. Charles Spearman c. Howard Gardner d. Robert Sternberg e. B.F. Skinner

b. Charles Spearman

Robert Sternberg distinguished among analytical, practical, and _________ intelligence. a. Intrapersonal b. Creative c. Spatial d. Musical e. Physical

b. Creative

The psychologist who disagreed with Spearman about the nature of intelligence, identifying seven clusters of primary mental abilities rather than one general intelligence factor, was a. Howard Gardner b. L.L. Thurstone c. Robert Sternberg d. Kim Peek e. Richard Wagner

b. L.L. Thurstone

Researchers assess the correlation between scores obtained on two halves of a single test in order to measure the _______ of a test. a. Validity b. Reliability c. Standardization d. Normal distribution e. Factor analysis

b. Reliability

When a person's test performance can be compared with that of a representative and pretested sample of people, the test is said to be a. Reliable b. Standardized c. Valid d. Normally distributed e. Internally consistent

b. Standardized

Which of the following does Robert Sternberg include as a type of intelligence? a) Naturalistic Intelligence b) General Intelligence c) Practical Intelligence d) Savant Intelligence e) Kinesthetic Intelligence

c- Practical Intelligence

Heritability of intelligence refers to: a) the extent to which a person's intelligence 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 intelligence test of identical twins.

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

Achievement tests are to aptitude tests as: a) verbal performance is to 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

Hanan, a 22-year-old, has an intellectual disability. Although not fully self-supporting, she earns some money by working in a sheltered workshop. She has been able to master basic skills equivalent to those of a second-grader. Hanan's intelligence test score is most likely between a. 5 and 19 b. 20 and 34 c. 35 and 49 d. 50 and 69 e.70 and 130

c. 35 and 49

Howard Gardner identified a total of ________ intelligences a. Three b. Five c. Eight d. Twelve e.Fifteen

c. Eight

The characteristics of savant syndrome have been used to support a. Spearman's belief in intelligence as one general ability, or g factor b. Thurstone's notion of social intelligence c. Gardner's argument for multiple intelligences d. Stern's original IQ formula e. Binet's intelligence quotient formula

c. Gardner's argument for multiple intelligences

Binet and Simon designed a test of intellectual abilities in order to a. Provide a quantitative estimate of inherited intellectual potential b. Distinguish between academic and practical intelligence c. Identify children likely to have difficulty learning in regular school classes D. Assess general capacity for goal directed adaptive behavior e. Distinguish between people with high general intelligence factor (g) and savant syndrome

c. Identify children likely to have difficulty learning in regular school classes

Lewis Terman's widely used American revision of Binet's original intelligence test was the a. WISC b. WAIS c. Stanford-Binet d. Scholastic Assessment Test e. American College Testing Exam

c. Stanford-Binet

Spearman's g factor refers to a. The internal consistency of an intelligence test b. The genetic distribution of intelligence c. The general intelligence that underlies successful performance on a wide variety of tasks d. A highly developed skill or talent possessed by an otherwise low level student e. The ability to understand and regulate emotions

c. The general intelligence that underlies successful performance on a wide variety of tasks

Twenty-five-year-old Alexandra is mentally handicapped and can neither read nor write. However, after hearing lengthy, unfamiliar, and complex musical selections just once, she can reproduce them precisely on the piano. It is likely that Alexandra is a. Gifted with superior level of Spearman's g factor b. Demonstrating a high level of emotional c. intelligence Above average in her capacity for inductive reasoning d Someone with savant syndrome e. high in emotional intelligence

d Someone with savant syndrome

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

d-David Wechsler

The ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions called: a) interpersonal intelligence b) general intelligence c) practical intelligence d) emotional intelligence e) adaptive intelligence

d-emotional intelligence

In general, males score higher than females on tests of: a) spelling b) verbal fluency c) emotion detection d) spatial ability e) sensitivity to touch, taste, and odor.

d-spatial ability

Tests designed to assess what a person has learned are called _______ tests. a. Factor analysis b. Aptitude c. Standardized d. Achievement e. Ability

d. Achievement

For the original version of the Stanford-Binet, IQ was defined as a. Mental age multiplied by 100 b. Chronological age subtracted from mental age and multiplied by 100 c. Chronological age divided by mental age and multiplied by 100 d. Mental age divided by chronological age and multiplied by 100 e. Mental age multiplied by chronological age divided by 100

d. Mental age divided by chronological age and multiplied by 100

One component of emotional intelligence involves a. The ability to completely forget emotionally traumatic experiences b. A lack of concern about receiving social approval c. Predicting accurately when feelings are about to change d. Selectively focusing attention on positive thoughts and feelings e. Repressing unwanted, hostile emotions

d. Selectively focusing attention on positive thoughts and feelings

Of the following, who best illustrates Sternberg's concept of analytical intelligence? a. Trudy, a high school student who receives lower grades in physical education than in any other course. b. Freda, a business executive who effectively motivates her sales staff. c. Wilma, a school teacher who refuses to pay taxes because they are used to develop new weapons. d. Selma, a fifth-grader who solves complicated mathematical problems in record time. e. Nicole, a teenager who completes the road test for her driver's license without a single error.

d. Selma, a fifth-grader who solves complicated mathematical problems in record time.

What element does NOT make up emotional intelligence? a. The ability to perceive emotions. b. The ability to use emotions. c. The ability to understand emotions. d. The ability to feel emotions. e. The ability to manage emotions.

d. The ability to feel emotions.

Binet used the term mental age to refer to a. The average chronological age of children who completed a particular grade in school b. The years of formal education successfully completed by a child c. The total number of items correctly answered on an intelligence test divided by the respondent's chronological age. d. The chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of intelligence test performance e. The approximate maturational age of brain neurons as measured by processing speed.

d. The chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of intelligence test performance

What would be true of a thermometer that always reads three degrees off? 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

The Flynn effect refers to the: a) superiority of certain racial and ethnic groups on intelligence tests b) fact that male performance on math tests is more extreme (that is, more very high and very low scores) than is female performance. c) stereotype threat that might cause some Black students to underperform on standardized tests. d) predictive ability of intelligence tests e) gradual improvement in intelligence test scores over the last several decades.

e-gradual improvement in intelligence test scores over the last several decades.

The neurological basis of intelligence is most dependent on the: a) overall number of neurons b) quantity of specific neurotransmitters c) development of the left hemisphere d) development of the right hemisphere e) number of synapses between neurons

e-number of synapses between neurons

The Stanford-Binet, WAIS, WISC tests are all types of a. Personality tests b. Factor analysis tests c. Achievement tests d. Multiple intelligence tests e. General intelligence tests

e. general intelligence tests