Exam 10: Intelligence

Which of the following statements are true?

David Wechsler revised Binet's test for use in United States.

Gardner's three intelligences that are measured by traditional intelligence tests are linguistic, logical-mathematical, and _________________.

How well a test measures what it is intended to measure is referred to as the concept of _____________; ____________ specifically assesses whether the items on a test measure all the knowledge or skills that are assumed to be part of the construct measured by a test.

Research has indicated that the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence test has

A professor has developed a new test to measure math ability but because the test relies heavily on word problems, the test is actually a better measure of verbal comprehension. We would say that this test has poor _____________.

Kris is intellectually gifted with an IQ of 142. When placed on a bell curve, what part of the population would Kris fall in?

Dr. Delaye has developed a new test for math ability but because the test relies heavily on word problems, the test is actually a better measure of comprehension. Because this test doesn't measure the concept that Dr. Delaye originally intended it to, we would say that this test has

Which of the following is an argument in favour of the achievement testing as a selection tool for college admittance; they ____________________________?

Charles Spearman's g factor refers to the ___________.

Steve is cognitively challenged. He can perform simple tasks and can travel alone in familiar settings. His IQ is 40. We would classify Steve as

Which of the following was mentioned as initially giving rise to L.L. Thurstone's theory of primary mental abilities?

Lubinski concluded that the most important dimension uncovered in the study of cognitive abilities to date is(are) ___________.

Sarah is moving to a new apartment at the end of the month. As she looks into prices for moving trucks and finds out where she can find boxes, she is primarily using her

On your psychology exam you are asked to compare and contrast Sternberg's conception of intelligence with Spearman's. According to the triarchic theory of intelligence, you will need to rely on which abilities the most to deal with this question?

The Wechsler intelligence tests provide five summary scores. Which type of summary score is calculated by plotting the scores of all the separate subtests?

In order to examine how "good" your new test of intelligence is, you look at the correlations among the items in each of the subscales. You are examining

PET scans of people taken while they are solving problems have revealed that the brains of highly intelligent people consumed less glucose, suggesting that when compared to the brains of people with average intelligence, their brains were working ______.

Charles Spearman's g factor conception of intelligence and L.L. Thurstone's primary mental abilities conception of intelligence are similar in that

What is the difference between an achievement test, an aptitude test, and a psychological test? Give an example of each.