A test is said to be reliable if it

gives consistent results for any given person.

tests many different abilities.

does not show racial and ethnic differences in scores.

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

extent to which intelligence is determined by heredity.

possibility of predicting people's academic success from intelligence scores.

need to standardize intelligence tests.

The fact that identical twins' IQ scores are so close together (highly correlated) even when they are raised apart suggests

intelligence is strongly genetic.

intelligence has a strong environmental component.

identical twins attend better schools than fraternal twins.

adoptive parents have a positive effect on intelligence.

Bethany has a mental age of 5. This means that she must

have answered test items that could be answered by an average 5-year-old.

have answered at least half of the items considered appropriate for the average 6-year-old.

If a test is reliable, it means that

it is given in the same way every time.

it tests what it is supposed to test.

The Flynn effect is the finding that

intelligence seems to increase with every generation.

television has decreased intellectual performance.

linguistic skills decline with age.

the more times people take a test, the better they tend to score.

Crystallized intelligence refers most directly to a person's

accumulated knowledge and verbal skills.

willingness to revise beliefs in light of new information.

ability to master new information and to learn new skills.

ability to assume the perspective of others.

ability to reason speedily and abstractly.

Factor analysis is a statistical procedure that can be used to

identify clusters of closely related test items.

evaluate how accurately test items predict a criterion behavior.

provide a quantitative estimate of heritability.

extract test norms from a standardization sample.

derive IQ scores by comparing mental age with chronological age.

Mental age is best defined as

a method of estimating a child's intellectual ability by comparing the child's score on intelligence tests and his/her age.

a method of estimating a child's intellectual ability based on raw scores on an intelligence test.

comparing a child's actual age with his or her computed age.

basing a child's age level on his or her scores on a standardized test.

Robert Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence was divided into 3 categories. What are they?

analytical, practical, and creative

practical, intrapersonal, and creative

experimental, analytical, and problem solving

experimental, problem solving, and practical

According to Raymond Cattell, what is the major difference between crystallized intelligence and fluid intelligence?

Crystallized is the ability to absorb and retain information, fluid refers to problem-solving abilities.

Crystallized refers to problem-solving abilities, fluid is the ability to absorb and retain information.

Crystallized is the ability to be analytical, fluid is the ability to read and write.

Crystallized is the ability to absorb information, fluid is the ability to analyze information.

The WAIS and WISC are credited for

creating intelligence tests specific to different age groups.

creating early intervention programs for the mentally ill.

creating one standardized test equal for all cultures and races.

creating a new understanding of the term mental age.

Alfred Binet is known as the father of intelligence mainly because of his work in

the assessment of one's ability to learn and the creation of mental age.

creation of the intelligence quotient (IQ).

creation of both mental age and the intelligence quotient.

understanding of the heritability factors in terms of intelligence.

A normal distribution is one in which

the majority of scores fall in the middle range.

the majority of scores are high.

the majority of scores are low.

all scores fall in the middle range.

Studies suggest that there is a positive correlation between intelligence and the

neural processing speed in the brain.

size of the brain's synaptic gaps.

brain's rate of glucose consumption.

brain's production of endorphins.

Fluid intelligence refers most directly to a person's

ability to reason speedily and abstractly.

ability to assume the perspective of others.

ability to utilize diffuse brain regions for storing memories.

The French government commissioned Binet to develop an intelligence test that would

reduce the need to rely on teachers' subjectively biased judgments of students' learning potential.

use achievement test scores to accurately predict aptitude.

effectively distinguish between practical and creative intelligence.

demonstrate the innate intellectual superiority of western European races.

The heritability of intelligence refers to

the percentage of variation in intelligence within a group that is attributable to genetic factors.

the extent to which a group's intelligence is attributable to genetic factors.

a general underlying intelligence factor that is measured by every task on an intelligence test.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who first developed an "intelligence" test to establish the idea of "mental age"?

Stanford

Binet

Gardner

Sternberg

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Spearman mean by a "g" factor?

Intelligence is purely genetic.

"g" is a general intelligence that underlies many abilities.

"g" is the important speed factor in how long it takes to solve a problem.

Girls' intelligence is valued above boys' intelligence.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Validity means that

a test measures what it is supposed to measure.

a test has been tested on many subjects.

a test measures both aptitude and achievement.

scores are the same no matter who grades the test.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The most commonly used individual intelligence test is the

ASVAB.

Stanford-Binet.

Jensen Culture Free Assessment.

Wechsler Intelligence Scales.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The formula for IQ is

actual age x grade / 100

mental age x actual age

mental age / actual age x 100

actual age / mental age x 100

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A person with lower than average intelligence who has an amazing, unusual mental skill is known as a

genius.

savant.

prodigy.

freak.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An aptitude test attempts to measure

potential for future learning.

how much a person already knows.

a person's genetic makeup.

kinesthetic intelligence.

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AP Unit 11 Testing and Individual Differences

Who first developed an "intelligence" test to establish the idea of "mental age"?

What did Spearman mean by a "g" factor?

Validity means that

The most commonly used individual intelligence test is the

The formula for IQ is

A person with lower than average intelligence who has an amazing, unusual mental skill is known as a

An aptitude test attempts to measure

Which of the following is NOT a part of Sternberg's intelligence theory?

When intelligence scores are graphed, they should create

Who developed the theory of multiple intelligences that included at least 8 different types?

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