Assessing Intelligence (Module 38)

Which of the following is NOT one of the criteria all psychological testing must meet?

• Standardization

• Reliability

• the Flynn Effect

• Validity

To ensure that your SAT scores are meaningful, your scores on the SAT are compared to the scores of a pretested group who took the SAT following the same procedures. This process is known as _______.

On a normal curve (normal distribution), the highest point on the curve represents

• the lowest score

• the average score

• the highest score

• an undetermined score

Normal Curve: Match the percentage of the population with the intelligence score range (scores on a Wechsler IQ test, with the average score set at 100).

• 55-145

• 99%

• 85-115

• 68%

• 70-130

• 95%

The worldwide phenomenon known as the Flynn Effect could be attributed to

• better nutrition & living standards

• greater educational opportunities

• our need to develop new mental skills to adapt to modern environments

• smaller families

True or False: Reliability refers to a test's consistency, validity refers to a test's accuracy.

• True

• False

In addition to retesting with an alternative version of a test, researchers can correlate the scores on two halves of a test which is known as ​ (a)   or they can see if a correlation exists after retesting with the same test which is known as ​ ​ (b)  

• split-half reliability
• test-retest reliability
• split-half validity
• test-retest validity

Why is the following statement FALSE? "The road test for a driver’s license has predictive validity because it samples the tasks a driver routinely faces."

High​ (a)   does not ensure an intelligence test's ​ (b)  

• reliability
• validity

In comparison to _________, aptitude tests like the SAT have lower __________ validity in determining how students will perform during their 1st year of college.

• validity; test-retest

• reliability; content

• reliability; achievement

• reliability; predictive (criterion-related)