Psych Chapter 13

If the score you receive on a test depends more on the grader than on you, the test has a problem with

• interscorer reliability

• predictive validity

• split-half reliability

• test-retest reliability

If every time you take a standardized test, your score varies widely, the test has a problem with

• validity

• interscorer reliability

• test-retest reliability

• predictability

One of the major ways of measuring _____ is to determine how well a test predicts performance.

• test reliability

• test validity

• test standardization

• test norms

If a test has 30 questions, and the first 15 are scored separately from the second 15 and both sets of questions produce about the same score, the test has

• split-half reliability

• predictability

• test-retest reliability

• split-half validity

Tests that are administered or scored in an inconsistent manner are not

• reliable

• valid

• standardized

• normal

Which of the following intelligence theorists believed that a measure of intelligence needed to include seven primary mental abilities?

• Charles Spearman

• L.L. Thurstone

• Howard Gardner

• Robert Sternberg

Critics argue that emotional intelligence is simply a measurement of

• personal growth

• common sense

• extraversion

• introversion

The s factor in Charles Spearman's theory of intelligence represents

• specific mental abilities

• spatial comprehension

• problem-solving ability

• situational intelligence

According to Howard Gardner, the type of intelligence involving skill at fine motor movements is

• spatial ability

• logical-mathematical skills

• body-kinesthetic ability

• naturalist intelligence

The ____ was originally developed to identify "slow learners."

• Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale

• Myers-Briggs personality test

• Wechsler-Adult Intelligence Scale

• Multiple Intelligences test