Question 1

When he introduced his adult intelligence scale, ____________________ did not use the intelligence quotient scoring scheme that had been part of the Stanford-Binet intelligence test, but instead used a new scoring scheme based on the normal distribution.

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Question 2

Renee has an uncanny ability to discern and respond appropriately to the moods, temperaments, motivations, and desires of other people. According to Gardner, Renee has a high level of

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A)   socio-emotional intelligence.
B)   interpersonal intelligence.
C)   linguistic intelligence.
D)   parapsychotic intelligence.

Question 3

A psychological test is a standardised measure of a sample of a person's behaviour.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The fact that the correlation in IQ scores between identical twins reared apart is lower than that between identical twins reared together suggests that

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A)   environmental factors can have an influence on intellectual development.
B)   environmental factors have no impact on intellectual development.
C)   genetic factors have no impact on intellectual development.
D)   identical twins often do not have the same genotype.

Question 5

In a normal distribution of information, most persons will be found

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A)   to the far right in the distribution.
B)   in the centre of the distribution.
C)   to the far left in the distribution.
D)   on both extremes of the distribution.

Question 6

Summarise the contributions of Binet, Simon, Terman and Wechsler to the evolution of intelligence testing.

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Question 7

Correlations between students' IQ scores and their school grades suggest that IQ tests

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A)   are not a reliable method to predict school performance.
B)   are a reasonably reliable method to predict school performance.
C)   are not a valid method to predict school performance.
D)   are a reasonably valid method to predict school performance.

Question 8

Information about where an individual score on a psychological test ranks, in relation to other scores on that test, is provided by ____________________ that are developed through test standardisation.

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Question 9

When Charmaine was 10 years old, she completed the original Binet-Simon scale. She answered all the questions that a typical six-year-old would answer, but none of the questions a typical seven-year-old would answer. Based on this information, Charmaine's mental age would be

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A)   10 years.
B)   6 years.
C)   8 years.
D)   60 years.

Question 10

Which of the following statements concerning psychological tests is false?

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A)   aptitude tests assess specific types of mental abilities
B)   personality tests measure various aspects of personality including motives, interests, and values
C)   intelligence tests measure a person's mastery and knowledge of various subjects
D)   mental ability tests include intelligence, aptitude, and achievement tests

Question 11

Most intelligence tests over the years have tended to stress

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A)   verbal and reasoning skills related to academics.
B)   practical intelligence in everyday life.
C)   social intelligence and human relationships.
D)   general mental ability, which includes verbal, practical, and social intelligence.

Question 12

The best evidence supporting the role of genetic factors in intelligence is provided by studies that compare

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A)   children to both their biological and adoptive parents.
B)   identical and fraternal twins.
C)   people born in different generations since the 1930s.
D)   children raised in poverty and middle-class children.

Question 13

(Mental age/chronological age)  * 100 yields

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A)   a Binet quotient.
B)   an achievement quotient.
C)   a maturity quotient.
D)   an intelligence quotient.

Question 14

If you wanted to gauge a person's mastery and knowledge in a specific area, such as mathematics, you would need to administer

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A)   an achievement test.
B)   an aptitude test, such as the Differential Aptitude Test (DAT) .
C)   a self-report inventory.
D)   an intelligence test, such as the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) .

Question 15

If a large research study measured the IQs of white middle-class American females and middle-class Japanese males, it is most likely that measures of heritability for the two groups would be

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A)   different because heritability may vary from one group to another.
B)   different because heritability is calculated differently for males and females.
C)   similar because heritability is similar for most groups of individuals.
D)   similar because heritability is similar for all middle-class groups of individuals.

Question 16

Convincing evidence for the role of environmental influences on intelligence is provided by studies that compare

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A)   adopted children to their biological parents.
B)   adopted children to their adoptive parents.
C)   children reared by their biological parents to their biological parents.
D)   identical twins reared together and fraternal twins reared together.

Question 17

Adoption studies comparing the intelligence of adopted children to their ____ provide support for the role of genetic factors in intelligence.

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A)   biological parents
B)   adoptive parents
C)   adopted siblings
D)   adopted twins

Question 18

Bafana attempted to measure intelligence in order to demonstrate that intelligence was determined by

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A)   heredity.
B)   experience.
C)   neither heredity nor experience.
D)   both heredity and experience.

Question 19

Which theorist set out to improve on the measurement of intelligence in adults with an intelligence test with two major innovations; the first was that the score was less dependent on a subject's verbal ability and the second was the use of a deviation intelligence quotient?

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A)   Sir Francis Galton
B)   Lewis Terman
C)   Theodore Simon
D)   David Wechsler

Question 20

____________________ is the term that refers to the ability of a test to measure what it was designed to measure and is also used to refer to the accuracy or usefulness of the inferences or decisions based on a test.

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Exam 9: Human Intelligence

Convincing evidence for the role of environmental influences on intelligence is provided by studies that compare

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Summarise the contributions of Binet, Simon, Terman and Wechsler to the evolution of intelligence testing.

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The best evidence supporting the role of genetic factors in intelligence is provided by studies that compare

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Information about where an individual score on a psychological test ranks, in relation to other scores on that test, is provided by ____________________ that are developed through test standardisation.

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Which theorist set out to improve on the measurement of intelligence in adults with an intelligence test with two major innovations; the first was that the score was less dependent on a subject's verbal ability and the second was the use of a deviation intelligence quotient?

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In a normal distribution of information, most persons will be found

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____________________ is the term that refers to the ability of a test to measure what it was designed to measure and is also used to refer to the accuracy or usefulness of the inferences or decisions based on a test.

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When Charmaine was 10 years old, she completed the original Binet-Simon scale. She answered all the questions that a typical six-year-old would answer, but none of the questions a typical seven-year-old would answer. Based on this information, Charmaine's mental age would be

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Correlations between students' IQ scores and their school grades suggest that IQ tests

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If a large research study measured the IQs of white middle-class American females and middle-class Japanese males, it is most likely that measures of heritability for the two groups would be

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(Mental age/chronological age) * 100 yields

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A psychological test is a standardised measure of a sample of a person's behaviour.

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The fact that the correlation in IQ scores between identical twins reared apart is lower than that between identical twins reared together suggests that

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Adoption studies comparing the intelligence of adopted children to their ____ provide support for the role of genetic factors in intelligence.

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If you wanted to gauge a person's mastery and knowledge in a specific area, such as mathematics, you would need to administer

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Which of the following statements concerning psychological tests is false?

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Most intelligence tests over the years have tended to stress

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Bafana attempted to measure intelligence in order to demonstrate that intelligence was determined by

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When he introduced his adult intelligence scale, ____________________ did not use the intelligence quotient scoring scheme that had been part of the Stanford-Binet intelligence test, but instead used a new scoring scheme based on the normal distribution.

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Renee has an uncanny ability to discern and respond appropriately to the moods, temperaments, motivations, and desires of other people. According to Gardner, Renee has a high level of

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