Unit 5 Part 2
If approached on the street by a stranger and asked to make a guess about their IQ score your best guess would be
100
People are said to have an intellectual disability if they have difficulty adapting to the demands of independent living and have IQ scores below
70
Hal scored an 89 on an intelligence test when he was 16. Now, at age 56, he is interested in what his score would be as an adult. The score he is most likely to earn on the new test would be
92
Which of the following is a longitudinal study?
A group of kindergarteners is given an intelligence test. They are retested ever other year for 30 years
Which of the following is true of the mental similarities between adoptive children and their adoptive parents overtime?
Adoptive children become less similar to their adoptive parents overtime
Which of the following individuals would best represent our understanding of fluid versus crystallized intelligence
Alice is 25 and has discovered a new chemical element
Which of the following is true of boys compared to girls?
Boys are more likely to be represented among those scoring extremely low as well as those scoring extremely high on test of mental abilities
The most widely used modern intelligence test was developed by
David Wechsler
Which of the following best represents crystallized intelligence?
Grandpa Milt is good at crossword puzzles
The original formula for a childs intelligence quotient compares a childs
Mental age to his or her chronological age
Which of the following can be used to demonstrate that only about 2 percent of the population scores at least two standard deviations above the mean on an intelligence test?
Normal Curve
Which of the following provides the best evidence that race is more of a social construct then a biological category?
People of varying ancestry me categorize themselves as having the same race
What would be true of a thermometer that always reads 3° is lower than the actual temperature
Reliable but not valid
Which of the following is the best example of an aptitude test?
Sherjeel takes the ACT for college admission.
According to most experts, intelligence test or not biased because
The test to do a pretty good job of predicting what they are supposed to predict
There is a greater correlation between the IQ scores of identical twins raised together then for fraternal twins raised together. What conclusion can be drawn from this data?
There is a genetic effect on intelligence
If the scores on an intelligence test form a normal curve with a standard deviation of 15,
a and b only are true
Intellectual disability is defined by both IQ and which of the following?
adaptive ability
An intelligence test that asks a person how many uses they can think of for a golf ball is most likely testing a person's ________ intelligence.
creative
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
emotional intelligence
Heritability relates to the _____
extent to which variability among individuals intelligence scores can be attributed it to genetic variation
Charles Spearman's g refers to
general intelligence
According to Charles Spearman and others, ____________ underlies specific mental abilities and is measure by every task on an intelligence test.
general intelligence (g)
The Flynn effect refers to the:
gradual improvement in intelligence test scores over the last several decades.
Researchers studying the effects of genes on intelligence have found that
intelligence is affected by many genes working together
According to Carol Dweck, students are often hampered by a "fixed mindset." This means they believe:
intelligence is biologically set and unchangeable
Which of the following is not a component of emotional intelligence?
inventing emotions
Achievement tests are to aptitude tests as:
measurement is to prediction
Which of the following does Robert Sternberg include as a type of intelligence?
practical intelligence
The purpose of Alfred Binet's early intelligence test was to
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
predictive validity
If a test yields consistent results upon retesting, it can be said to have a high degree of
reliability
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:
savant syndrome
Victor is blind, unable to speak, and understands very few words. He is, however, able to hear a piece of music once and play it back flawlessly on the piano. Victor's abilities best represent someone with __________.
savant syndrome
A test developer defines uniform testing procedures and meaningful scored by comparison with the performance of a pretested group. Which of the following best describes this process?
standardization
Heritability of intelligence refers to:
the amount of group variation in intelligence that can be attributed to genetics
What is the benefit of standardizing an intelligence test?
to provide a basis for comparing scores against a pretested group
