Question 1

Terman's studies of 1500 California children with IQ scores over 135 indicated that these high-scoring children

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A)   were well-adjusted.
B)   were physically healthy.
C)   lacked creativity.
D)   received lower-than-average math grades.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 2

If course exams assess a student's mastery of a representative sample of course material, they are said to

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A)   be reliable.
B)   have content validity.
C)   be standardized.
D)   have predictive validity.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 3

Standardization refers to the process of

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A)   determining the accuracy with which a test measures what it is supposed to.
B)   defining meaningful scores relative to a representative pretested group.
C)   determining the consistency of test scores obtained by retesting people.
D)   measuring the success with which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to predict.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 4

Block design puzzles are used in one of the subtests of the

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A)   WAIS.
B)   SAT Reasoning Test.
C)   Stanford-Binet.
D)   GRE.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 5

Some hereditarians have been fearful that higher twentieth-century birth rates among those with lower intelligence scores would shove average intelligence scores progressively downward. This fear has been most directly alleviated by the discovery of

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A)   the normal curve.
B)   the g factor.
C)   emotional intelligence.
D)   the Flynn effect.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 6

Among Americans scoring in the top 1 in 10,000 on the ________ at age 12 or 13, more than half have earned doctorates.

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A)   WAIS
B)   Stanford-Binet
C)   SAT
D)   WISCE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

Educators who wish to affirm children's special talents and challenge them at the frontiers of their understanding advocate appropriate

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A)   hybrid vigor.
B)   factor analysis.
C)   developmental placement.
D)   heritability estimates.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 8

An IQ of approximately 70 or below and difficulty adapting to the normal demands of life is most clearly an indication of

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A)   savant syndrome.
B)   divergent thinking.
C)   convergent thinking.
D)   an intellectual disability.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 9

Down syndrome is normally caused by

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A)   an extra chromosome in the person's genetic makeup.
B)   a missing chromosome in the person's genetic makeup.
C)   malnutrition during the first few months of life.
D)   prenatal exposure to an addictive drug.E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 10

Binet and Terman would have been most likely to disagree about the

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A)   extent to which intelligence is determined by heredity.
B)   need to standardize intelligence tests.
C)   possibility of predicting people's academic success from intelligence test scores.
D)   definition of mental age.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 11

Aptitude tests are to ________ as achievement tests are to ________.

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A)   current interests; past competence
B)   past competence; current interests
C)   current competence; future performance
D)   future performance; current competenceE) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 12

The eugenics movement would have been most likely to encourage

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A)   selective breeding of highly intelligent people.
B)   creation of special education programs for intellectually inferior children.
C)   construction of culturally and racially unbiased tests of intelligence.
D)   use of factor analysis for identification of various types of intelligence.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT a requirement of a good test?

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A)   reliability
B)   standardization
C)   aptitude
D)   validityE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

Psychologists use ________ to assess individuals' mental aptitudes and compare them with those of others.

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A)   genetic estimates
B)   reliability coefficients
C)   intelligence tests
D)   the g factorE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 15

The Flynn effect refers to the fact that

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A)   White and Black infants score equally well on measures of infant intelligence.
B)   Asian students outperform North American students on math achievement tests.
C)   the IQ scores of today's better-fed and educated population exceed that of the 1930s population.
D)   individual differences within a race are much greater than between-race differences.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 16

When Brandon was told that he correctly answered 80 percent of the items on a math achievement test, he asked how his performance compared with that of the average test-taker. Brandon's concern was directly related to the issue of

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A)   standardization.
B)   predictive validity.
C)   reliability.
D)   content validity.E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 17

Comparing the academic performance of those whose scores are extremely low on intelligence tests with those whose scores are extremely high is an effective way to highlight the tests'

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A)   standardization.
B)   heritability.
C)   reliability.
D)   validity.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

Which of the following is a drawback of longitudinal studies of intelligence?

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A)   They are especially prone to the distortion of cohort effects.
B)   People who remain in the study may be the healthiest and most well-educated.
C)   The biases of the experimenter are more likely to distort the results than is true of other research methods.
D)   All of these are drawbacks.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 19

Your psychology professor has announced that the next test will assess your understanding of sensation and perception. When you receive the test, however, you find that very few questions actually relate to these topics. In this instance, you would be most concerned about the ________ of the test.

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A)   reliability
B)   factor analysis
C)   standardization
D)   content validityE) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 20

The accumulation of knowledge that comes about with education and experience has been classified as

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A)   crystallized intelligence.
B)   plastic intelligence.
C)   fluid intelligence.
D)   rote memory.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Exam 30: Assessing Intelligence

Educators who wish to affirm children's special talents and challenge them at the frontiers of their understanding advocate appropriate

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Aptitude tests are to ________ as achievement tests are to ________.

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Down syndrome is normally caused by

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Binet and Terman would have been most likely to disagree about the

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An IQ of approximately 70 or below and difficulty adapting to the normal demands of life is most clearly an indication of

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Terman's studies of 1500 California children with IQ scores over 135 indicated that these high-scoring children

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Psychologists use ________ to assess individuals' mental aptitudes and compare them with those of others.

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Standardization refers to the process of

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Block design puzzles are used in one of the subtests of the

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Which of the following is NOT a requirement of a good test?

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Which of the following is a drawback of longitudinal studies of intelligence?

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The Flynn effect refers to the fact that

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The eugenics movement would have been most likely to encourage

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Some hereditarians have been fearful that higher twentieth-century birth rates among those with lower intelligence scores would shove average intelligence scores progressively downward. This fear has been most directly alleviated by the discovery of

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Among Americans scoring in the top 1 in 10,000 on the ________ at age 12 or 13, more than half have earned doctorates.

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The accumulation of knowledge that comes about with education and experience has been classified as

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When Brandon was told that he correctly answered 80 percent of the items on a math achievement test, he asked how his performance compared with that of the average test-taker. Brandon's concern was directly related to the issue of

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Your psychology professor has announced that the next test will assess your understanding of sensation and perception. When you receive the test, however, you find that very few questions actually relate to these topics. In this instance, you would be most concerned about the ________ of the test.

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If course exams assess a student's mastery of a representative sample of course material, they are said to

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Comparing the academic performance of those whose scores are extremely low on intelligence tests with those whose scores are extremely high is an effective way to highlight the tests'

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