Unit 5 Test, Part 2 Cognitive Psychology

People are said to have an intellectual disability if they have difficulty adapting to the demands of independent living and have IQ scores below

• 60

• 70

• 80

• 90

• 100

Charles Spearman's g refers to

• general intelligence.

• grouped intelligence factors.

• genetic intelligence.

• generated creativity.

• generalized reliability.

Which of the following individuals would best represent our understanding of fluid versus crystallized intelligence?

• James is 80 and has just solved a math equation that has been puzzling him for the last 40 years.

• Luis is 22 and has written several successful novels.

• Alice is 25 and has discovered a new chemical element.

• As a high school student, Alex changed the way people thought about a local homeless man by doing research into his life.

• After watching the sky for 50 years Nate finally discovered a new planet.

What would be true of a thermometer that always reads three degrees lower than the actual temperature?

• It is valid but not reliable.

• It is both reliable and valid.

• It is neither reliable nor valid.

• It is not valid, but you cannot determine if it is reliable from the information given.

• It is reliable but not valid.

What is the benefit of standardizing an intelligence test?

• To counter rising intelligence test scores

• To measure the extent to which the test actually predicts what it promises

• To provide a basis for comparing scores against a pretested group

• To determine if the test yields dependably consistent results

• To calculate the relative effects of nature and nurture on intelligence

Achievement tests are to aptitude tests as

• verbal performance is to spatial performance.

• elementary school skills are to secondary school skills.

• measurement is to prediction.

• reliability is to validity.

• general intelligence is to multiple intelligences.

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

• the Flynn effect.

• savant syndrome.

• advanced mental age.

• Wechsler syndrome.

• intelligence heritability.

Which of the following is one of Robert Sternberg's types of intelligence?

• Naturalistic intelligence

• General intelligence

• Practical intelligence

• Savant intelligence

• Kinesthetic intelligence

Researchers studying the effects of genes on intelligence have found that

• intelligence is affected by many genes working together.

• there is a gene that is involved in the intelligence of men but not women.

• there is a gene that is involved in the intelligence of women but not men.

• a single gene is involved in the intelligence of both men and women.

• there is no evidence that genes play a role in intelligence.

The Flynn effect refers to the

• the superiority of certain racial and ethnic groups on intelligence tests.

• extreme scores (very high and very low scores) that are more common for males than for females on math tests.

• stereotype threat that might cause some Black students to underperform on standardized tests.

• predictive ability of intelligence tests.

• a gradual increase in average intelligence score of the general population over the last several decades.