Question 1

What type of data would someone collect to test Spearman's g concept?​

Accepted Answer

A) Comparisons of the performances of monozygotic and dizygotic twins 
B) ​Correlations of people's scores on many types of mental tests 
C) ​Comparisons of IQ scores from one generation to the next 
D) ​Correlations between people's IQ scores and their brain volumes 
A) Comparisons of the performances of monozygotic and dizygotic twins 
B) ​Correlations of people's scores on many types of mental tests 
C) ​Comparisons of IQ scores from one generation to the next 
D) ​Correlations between people's IQ scores and their brain volumes B

Question 2

If someone charges that a job application is "biased" against people with poor eyesight,what evidence would be most important for evaluating that claim?

Accepted Answer

A) How many people with poor vision get good ratings on the job application? 
B) Do people with poor vision fill out the job application the same way if they do it twice? 
C) How many people with poor vision manage to get jobs at this company? 
D) Does the application accurately predict job performance for people with poor vision? 
A) How many people with poor vision get good ratings on the job application? 
B) Do people with poor vision fill out the job application the same way if they do it twice? 
C) How many people with poor vision manage to get jobs at this company? 
D) Does the application accurately predict job performance for people with poor vision? D

Question 3

The Flynn effect refers to the tendency for what to happen?

Accepted Answer

A) IQ performance increases from one generation to the next. 
B) People who do well on one test also do well on other tests. 
C) People who score exceptionally high on a test tend get closer to the mean on a retest. 
D) Monozygotic twins become more and more similar in IQ scores as they grow older. 
A) IQ performance increases from one generation to the next. 
B) People who do well on one test also do well on other tests. 
C) People who score exceptionally high on a test tend get closer to the mean on a retest. 
D) Monozygotic twins become more and more similar in IQ scores as they grow older. A

Question 4

What does the evidence say about the idea that we should educate students differently based on their style as visual learners or verbal learners?

Accepted Answer

A) Applying this distinction greatly benefits most students. 
B) Applying this distinction is important in elementary school but not high school. 
C) Applying this distinction is important in high school but not elementary school. 
D) Nearly all evidence says this distinction is not helpful. 
A) Applying this distinction greatly benefits most students. 
B) Applying this distinction is important in elementary school but not high school. 
C) Applying this distinction is important in high school but not elementary school. 
D) Nearly all evidence says this distinction is not helpful.

Question 5

Which of the following has been shown to produce a gain of one or two IQ points per child,on average?

Accepted Answer

A) Music lessons 
B) Art lessons 
C) Dancing lessons 
D) Tennis lessons 
A) Music lessons 
B) Art lessons 
C) Dancing lessons 
D) Tennis lessons

Question 6

What is a benefit of the Wechsler intelligence tests,compared to Raven's Progressive Matrices?

Accepted Answer

A) The Wechsler tests identify someone's strengths and weaknesses. 
B) The Wechsler tests can be administered and interpreted by someone with no training. 
C) The Wechsler tests are fairer to people from other cultures or languages. 
D) The Wechsler tests relate intellectual skills to particular brain areas. 
A) The Wechsler tests identify someone's strengths and weaknesses. 
B) The Wechsler tests can be administered and interpreted by someone with no training. 
C) The Wechsler tests are fairer to people from other cultures or languages. 
D) The Wechsler tests relate intellectual skills to particular brain areas.

Question 7

What is the intention behind the Raven's Progressive Matrices?

Accepted Answer

A) To measure strengths and weaknesses on a variety of specialized intellectual skills 
B) To measure intelligence while also determining the factors that influence it 
C) To measure intelligence and personality at the same time 
D) To measure intelligence with as little cultural influence as possible 
A) To measure strengths and weaknesses on a variety of specialized intellectual skills 
B) To measure intelligence while also determining the factors that influence it 
C) To measure intelligence and personality at the same time 
D) To measure intelligence with as little cultural influence as possible

Question 8

What evidence would best determine whether a single test item is biased against women?

Accepted Answer

A) Do more women answer this question correctly now than many years ago? 
B) Do more than half of all women answer the item incorrectly? 
C) Is the item among the easiest for men but among the hardest for women? 
D) Is the item written in simple language with simple vocabulary? 
A) Do more women answer this question correctly now than many years ago? 
B) Do more than half of all women answer the item incorrectly? 
C) Is the item among the easiest for men but among the hardest for women? 
D) Is the item written in simple language with simple vocabulary?

Question 9

What would be the strongest evidence that a test is biased against some group?

Accepted Answer

A) Members of this group have been improving their test scores over the years. 
B) Members of this group have seen their test scores decrease over the years. 
C) Members of this group get lower scores on the test than other groups, on average. 
D) Members of this group do better on other tasks than the test scores predict. 
A) Members of this group have been improving their test scores over the years. 
B) Members of this group have seen their test scores decrease over the years. 
C) Members of this group get lower scores on the test than other groups, on average. 
D) Members of this group do better on other tasks than the test scores predict.

Question 10

"Stereotype threat" refers to impaired performance because of what?

Accepted Answer

A) Fear that your success might embarrass others who don't do so well 
B) Lack of full identification with your ethnic or racial group 
C) Failure to take a test seriously or to consider the consequences if you do well or poorly 
D) Fear of confirming a low expectation about your group 
A) Fear that your success might embarrass others who don't do so well 
B) Lack of full identification with your ethnic or racial group 
C) Failure to take a test seriously or to consider the consequences if you do well or poorly 
D) Fear of confirming a low expectation about your group

Question 11

How could you measure the validity of a new test intended to measure nervousness?

Accepted Answer

A) Determine whether scores on the test form a normal distribution. 
B) Determine whether scores on the test correlate with hand shaking and voice tremor. 
C) Test people in two or more countries and see whether the results are similar. 
D) Test people repeatedly and see whether they get about the same score each time. 
A) Determine whether scores on the test form a normal distribution. 
B) Determine whether scores on the test correlate with hand shaking and voice tremor. 
C) Test people in two or more countries and see whether the results are similar. 
D) Test people repeatedly and see whether they get about the same score each time.

Question 12

If some IQ test is "biased" against group X,what would we predict about members of group X whose test score is 100?

Accepted Answer

A) Their performance in school will fluctuate more than other people with a score of 100. 
B) They will do worse in school than other people with a score of 100. 
C) They will do about the same in school as other people with a score of 100. 
D) They will do better in school than other people with a score of 100. 
A) Their performance in school will fluctuate more than other people with a score of 100. 
B) They will do worse in school than other people with a score of 100. 
C) They will do about the same in school as other people with a score of 100. 
D) They will do better in school than other people with a score of 100.

Question 13

If you write a test and you want to make it "standardized," what is one thing you must do?

Accepted Answer

A) Survey experts in the field about what the test should include. 
B) Determine the norms. 
C) Eliminate questions that are too easy. 
D) Eliminate questions that are too hard. 
A) Survey experts in the field about what the test should include. 
B) Determine the norms. 
C) Eliminate questions that are too easy. 
D) Eliminate questions that are too hard.

Question 14

What does the abbreviation WAIS stand for?

Accepted Answer

A) Wechsler Alternative Incentive System 
B) ​Wechsler Aptitude Inventory for Students 
C) ​Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale 
D) ​Wechsler Achievement and Industriousness Score 
A) Wechsler Alternative Incentive System 
B) ​Wechsler Aptitude Inventory for Students 
C) ​Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale 
D) ​Wechsler Achievement and Industriousness Score

Question 15

In what way is the Stanford-Binet test similar to the Wechsler Intelligence Tests?

Accepted Answer

A) Both provide subscores as well as an overall score. 
B) Both are equally fair to people speaking any possible language. 
C) Both measure brain activity as well as answers to questions. 
D) Both are intended to measure crystallized intelligence more than fluid intelligence. 
A) Both provide subscores as well as an overall score. 
B) Both are equally fair to people speaking any possible language. 
C) Both measure brain activity as well as answers to questions. 
D) Both are intended to measure crystallized intelligence more than fluid intelligence.

Question 16

Charles Spearman inferred the existence of a g factor in intelligence from what observation?​

Accepted Answer

A) Most people who do well on one intellectual test also do well on other tests. 
B) ​Most people's scores on IQ tests are consistent from one time to another. 
C) ​People's IQ scores correlate highly with those of their close relatives. 
D) ​People's IQ scores correlate highly with measurements of their brain volume. 
A) Most people who do well on one intellectual test also do well on other tests. 
B) ​Most people's scores on IQ tests are consistent from one time to another. 
C) ​People's IQ scores correlate highly with those of their close relatives. 
D) ​People's IQ scores correlate highly with measurements of their brain volume.

Question 17

The research comparing the IQ scores of twins has what limitation?

Accepted Answer

A) Most of the data come from children of prisoners and mental patients. 
B) Most of the data come from families with more than four children. 
C) Most of the data come from middle-class families. 
D) Most of the data come from preschool children. 
A) Most of the data come from children of prisoners and mental patients. 
B) Most of the data come from families with more than four children. 
C) Most of the data come from middle-class families. 
D) Most of the data come from preschool children.

Question 18

To measure the validity of a psychological test,what might an investigator try to determine?

Accepted Answer

A) How many psychologists use the test and consider it helpful 
B) How many of the items on the test are easy, intermediate, or difficult 
C) How consistent people's scores are from test to retest 
D) How well the scores predict some other behavior 
A) How many psychologists use the test and consider it helpful 
B) How many of the items on the test are easy, intermediate, or difficult 
C) How consistent people's scores are from test to retest 
D) How well the scores predict some other behavior

Question 19

If people who take a test twice usually get about the same score both times,what can we conclude?

Accepted Answer

A) The test is standardized. 
B) The test is unbiased. 
C) The test has high validity. 
D) The test has high reliability. 
A) The test is standardized. 
B) The test is unbiased. 
C) The test has high validity. 
D) The test has high reliability.

Question 20

Of the possible explanations for the Flynn effect,which of these is the LEAST likely?

Accepted Answer

A) Improved health 
B) Improved education 
C) Increased stimulation from television, video games, and so forth 
D) Improved nutrition 
A) Improved health 
B) Improved education 
C) Increased stimulation from television, video games, and so forth 
D) Improved nutrition

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What type of data would someone collect to test Spearman's g concept?​

If someone charges that a job application is "biased" against people with poor eyesight,what evidence would be most important for evaluating that claim?

The Flynn effect refers to the tendency for what to happen?

What does the evidence say about the idea that we should educate students differently based on their style as visual learners or verbal learners?

Which of the following has been shown to produce a gain of one or two IQ points per child,on average?

What is a benefit of the Wechsler intelligence tests,compared to Raven's Progressive Matrices?

What is the intention behind the Raven's Progressive Matrices?

What evidence would best determine whether a single test item is biased against women?

What would be the strongest evidence that a test is biased against some group?

"Stereotype threat" refers to impaired performance because of what?

How could you measure the validity of a new test intended to measure nervousness?

If some IQ test is "biased" against group X,what would we predict about members of group X whose test score is 100?

If you write a test and you want to make it "standardized," what is one thing you must do?

What does the abbreviation WAIS stand for?

In what way is the Stanford-Binet test similar to the Wechsler Intelligence Tests?

Charles Spearman inferred the existence of a g factor in intelligence from what observation?​

The research comparing the IQ scores of twins has what limitation?

To measure the validity of a psychological test,what might an investigator try to determine?

If people who take a test twice usually get about the same score both times,what can we conclude?

Of the possible explanations for the Flynn effect,which of these is the LEAST likely?

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