Exam 10: Intelligence

Which of the following was NOT mentioned as a possible explanation for the discrepancy between different ethnic groups on intelligence tests?

A teacher wants to measure the intelligence of their students using a standardized IQ test. What percentage of the class should be expected to have scores above 100?

According to the American Psychiatric Association's classification system, an adult with a cognitive disability who may need occasional guidance and support when under unusual social or economic stress would be characterized as having a ______________ cognitive disability.

The first use of the term "intelligence quotient" or IQ is generally attributed to ___________.

The Miller Analogies Test, used for selecting graduate students, successfully predicts all of the following performance criteria EXCEPT ______.

The person who first used the term "intelligence quotient" or IQ was

How did Galton and Binet differ in their approaches to measuring mental abilities?

Renzulli (2002) believes that gifted children who become eminent adults ______.

Define the three types of test reliability.

Which of the following explanations for the Flynn effect was NOT suggested by the text?

You are looking at a normal distribution of IQ scores. A friend thinks that the graph is really cool and wants to know between what two scores (above and below the mean) would about 80% of the people fall. You immediately say

If you wanted to evaluate whether Binet's and Wechsler's intelligence tests are measuring the same construct, and to evaluate whether questions from the scales clustered with each other, you would likely use the ______________.

In order to examine your new intelligence test consisting of 10 different subscales, you conduct a factor analysis. The analysis yields two factors. Your results are most consistent with

Researchers at Superior College are selecting an intelligence test to use in an upcoming research. What test should they use that measures verbal and non-verbal intellectual skills?

Josh is 10 years old and has a mental age of 12. Using Stern's IQ formula, what is Josh's IQ?

The measurement concept of reliability refers to how well a test actually measures the construct it was intended to measure.

Shamus grew up in an impoverished neighbourhood with a lot of crime and poor educational opportunities. Because everyone fought over the few available resources, sometimes the only way to stay alive was to fight or steal. Shamus wants to go to college so he can build a better life for himself. When he begins taking classes, he's stunned by how little in the way of "street smarts" his classmates have. They might get better grades than he does, he thinks, but they wouldn't survive a week in the environment in which he grew up. About what kind of intellectual competence is Shamus thinking?

What are the behavioural capabilities of mildly disabled people?

A well-controlled testing environment that limits the effects of extraneous factors on test scores is most relevant to establishing which of the following?

Intelligence correlates ______ with the level of socioeconomic status that people attain.