Question 1

The Individuals with Disabilities Act in the United States requires which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) Public schools must annually retest the IQ of any child who appears to be disabled. 
B) Public schools must keep all IQ scores strictly confidential. 
C) Public schools must put all children with disabilities into special classrooms. 
D) Public schools must provide free, appropriate education for all students. 
A) Public schools must annually retest the IQ of any child who appears to be disabled. 
B) Public schools must keep all IQ scores strictly confidential. 
C) Public schools must put all children with disabilities into special classrooms. 
D) Public schools must provide free, appropriate education for all students.

Question 2

Improved nutrition and increased cognitive stimulation are possible explanations for what?

Accepted Answer

A) The Stroop effect 
B) The Zeigarnik effect 
C) The word-superiority effect 
D) The Flynn effect 
A) The Stroop effect 
B) The Zeigarnik effect 
C) The word-superiority effect 
D) The Flynn effect

Question 3

Suppose a psychologist wants to give an intelligence test to a recent immigrant who speaks only a little-known language.Which test would be most appropriate?

Accepted Answer

A) Stanford-Binet 
B) Raven's Progressive Matrices 
C) WAIS-IV 
D) WISC-V 
A) Stanford-Binet 
B) Raven's Progressive Matrices 
C) WAIS-IV 
D) WISC-V

Question 4

A speculative but plausible hypothesis explains the Flynn effect by an increase in what?

Accepted Answer

A) Exposure to artificial lights 
B) Consumption of drinks containing artificial sweeteners 
C) Global climate change 
D) Education adapted to different children's learning styles 
A) Exposure to artificial lights 
B) Consumption of drinks containing artificial sweeteners 
C) Global climate change 
D) Education adapted to different children's learning styles

Question 5

How do achievement tests differ from aptitude tests?

Accepted Answer

A) Achievement tests measure ability to learn. Aptitude tests measure what is already learned. 
B) Achievement tests measure what is already learned. Aptitude tests measure ability to learn. 
C) Achievement tests measure unusual abilities. Aptitude tests measure common abilities. 
D) Achievement tests measure common abilities. Aptitude tests measure unusual abilities. 
A) Achievement tests measure ability to learn. Aptitude tests measure what is already learned. 
B) Achievement tests measure what is already learned. Aptitude tests measure ability to learn. 
C) Achievement tests measure unusual abilities. Aptitude tests measure common abilities. 
D) Achievement tests measure common abilities. Aptitude tests measure unusual abilities.

Question 6

According to the idea of stereotype threat,what lowers someone's performance on a test?

Accepted Answer

A) The lack of opportunity to develop academic skills in early childhood 
B) Becoming discouraged by a few difficult questions at the start of the test 
C) The prospect of being punished for a poor performance on the test 
D) An expectation that people like themselves do poorly on the test 
A) The lack of opportunity to develop academic skills in early childhood 
B) Becoming discouraged by a few difficult questions at the start of the test 
C) The prospect of being punished for a poor performance on the test 
D) An expectation that people like themselves do poorly on the test

Question 7

How do researchers examine an IQ test for possible "bias"?

Accepted Answer

A) See whether the test includes any items that most people fail to answer correctly. 
B) See whether scores of one or more groups has been increasing over time. 
C) See whether the test scores inaccurately predict the performance of some group. 
D) See whether members of one group get higher scores than another, on average. 
A) See whether the test includes any items that most people fail to answer correctly. 
B) See whether scores of one or more groups has been increasing over time. 
C) See whether the test scores inaccurately predict the performance of some group. 
D) See whether members of one group get higher scores than another, on average.

Question 8

What does an achievement test measure?

Accepted Answer

A) Reading ability 
B) Mathematical ability 
C) Fluid intelligence 
D) Crystallized intelligence 
A) Reading ability 
B) Mathematical ability 
C) Fluid intelligence 
D) Crystallized intelligence

Question 9

Does the similarity of IQ scores between monozygotic twins remain the same or change as they age?

Accepted Answer

A) The correlation between their scores remains constant throughout life. 
B) The correlation between their scores is highest in the preschool ages. 
C) The correlation between their scores is highest in the elementary school age. 
D) The correlation between their scores increases as the twins grow older. 
A) The correlation between their scores remains constant throughout life. 
B) The correlation between their scores is highest in the preschool ages. 
C) The correlation between their scores is highest in the elementary school age. 
D) The correlation between their scores increases as the twins grow older.

Question 10

IQ scores tend to be lowest in which countries?

Accepted Answer

A) Countries with the highest levels of gluten in the diet 
B) Countries in which one political party has been in power for a long time 
C) Countries with the coldest weather in the middle of winter 
D) Countries with the greatest prevalence of infectious diseases 
A) Countries with the highest levels of gluten in the diet 
B) Countries in which one political party has been in power for a long time 
C) Countries with the coldest weather in the middle of winter 
D) Countries with the greatest prevalence of infectious diseases

Question 11

Informing people that they have an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease produces what effect?

Accepted Answer

A) Extra effort on memory tests 
B) Impaired performance on memory tests 
C) Tendency to forget the information 
D) Refusal to believe the information 
A) Extra effort on memory tests 
B) Impaired performance on memory tests 
C) Tendency to forget the information 
D) Refusal to believe the information

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A) Mean performance on IQ tests has been rising from one generation to the next. 
B) ​Scores on any intellectual test correlate positively with almost any other such test. 
C) ​Scores on IQ tests are consistently higher in prosperous countries than in poor countries. 
D) ​Children's scores on IQ tests correlate highly with those of their parents. 
A) Mean performance on IQ tests has been rising from one generation to the next. 
B) ​Scores on any intellectual test correlate positively with almost any other such test. 
C) ​Scores on IQ tests are consistently higher in prosperous countries than in poor countries. 
D) ​Children's scores on IQ tests correlate highly with those of their parents.

Question 13

Suppose an experienced truck driver can easily choose the best route from one city to another,but has trouble understanding concepts from algebra and geometry.What is apparently true here?​

Accepted Answer

A) The driver shows high fluid intelligence and high crystallized intelligence. 
B) ​The driver shows high fluid intelligence and low crystallized intelligence. 
C) ​The driver shows low fluid intelligence and high crystallized intelligence. 
D) ​The driver shows low fluid intelligence and low crystallized intelligence. 
A) The driver shows high fluid intelligence and high crystallized intelligence. 
B) ​The driver shows high fluid intelligence and low crystallized intelligence. 
C) ​The driver shows low fluid intelligence and high crystallized intelligence. 
D) ​The driver shows low fluid intelligence and low crystallized intelligence.

Question 14

What is one way to decrease the impact of stereotype threat?

Accepted Answer

A) Ask people to identify their ethnic group before the start of the test. 
B) Use a test that alternates between easy items and difficult items. 
C) Educate people about stereotype threat. 
D) Administer any test in a large room with many others taking the test. 
A) Ask people to identify their ethnic group before the start of the test. 
B) Use a test that alternates between easy items and difficult items. 
C) Educate people about stereotype threat. 
D) Administer any test in a large room with many others taking the test.

Question 15

What does it mean to say that someone with an IQ score of 130 is in the 98th percentile?

Accepted Answer

A) This person scored better than 98 percent of comparable people. 
B) This person answered 98 percent of the questions correctly. 
C) This person answered 130 questions correctly. 
D) This person's score was 30 percent better than average. 
A) This person scored better than 98 percent of comparable people. 
B) This person answered 98 percent of the questions correctly. 
C) This person answered 130 questions correctly. 
D) This person's score was 30 percent better than average.

Question 16

What is true about the correlation of IQ scores between adopted children and their biological parents?​

Accepted Answer

A) The correlation increases as children grow older. 
B) ​The correlation remains constant as children grow older. 
C) ​The correlation decreases as children grow older. 
D) ​The correlation is nearly zero at all ages. 
A) The correlation increases as children grow older. 
B) ​The correlation remains constant as children grow older. 
C) ​The correlation decreases as children grow older. 
D) ​The correlation is nearly zero at all ages.

Question 17

​SAT scores have the LOWEST validity for predicting grades at which type of college?

Accepted Answer

A) A college that admits anyone who wishes to attend 
B) ​A highly selective college that admits only students with very high SAT scores 
C) ​A college with either all men or all women 
D) ​A college with a very large total enrollment 
A) A college that admits anyone who wishes to attend 
B) ​A highly selective college that admits only students with very high SAT scores 
C) ​A college with either all men or all women 
D) ​A college with a very large total enrollment

Question 18

A professor gives a special tutoring session to students who scored less than 60 percent on the first test.On the second test,their mean score rises to 70 percent.What conclusion can we draw,if any,and why?

Accepted Answer

A) The tutoring helped, as we see from the higher scores. 
B) The tutoring helped, because without it those students would have been discouraged. 
C) We should draw no conclusion, because there was no control group. 
D) We should draw no conclusion, because the study had too many independent variables. 
A) The tutoring helped, as we see from the higher scores. 
B) The tutoring helped, because without it those students would have been discouraged. 
C) We should draw no conclusion, because there was no control group. 
D) We should draw no conclusion, because the study had too many independent variables.

Question 19

Solving a problem of a type you have never seen before requires which type of intelligence?​

Accepted Answer

A) Fluid intelligence 
B) ​Crystallized intelligence 
C) ​Multiple intelligence 
D) ​Standardized intelligence 
A) Fluid intelligence 
B) ​Crystallized intelligence 
C) ​Multiple intelligence 
D) ​Standardized intelligence

Question 20

One hypothesis to explain the Flynn effect relates it to improved health and nutrition.Which of the following is evidence to support that hypothesis?

Accepted Answer

A) The Flynn effect occurs on Raven's Progressive Matrices as well as other IQ tests. 
B) Infants today sit up and hold their head up earlier than in past generations. 
C) Throughout the last century, television and other media have provided more stimulation. 
D) The Flynn effect occurs even where most people find mates within their own village. 
A) The Flynn effect occurs on Raven's Progressive Matrices as well as other IQ tests. 
B) Infants today sit up and hold their head up earlier than in past generations. 
C) Throughout the last century, television and other media have provided more stimulation. 
D) The Flynn effect occurs even where most people find mates within their own village.

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The Individuals with Disabilities Act in the United States requires which of the following?

Improved nutrition and increased cognitive stimulation are possible explanations for what?

Suppose a psychologist wants to give an intelligence test to a recent immigrant who speaks only a little-known language.Which test would be most appropriate?

A speculative but plausible hypothesis explains the Flynn effect by an increase in what?

How do achievement tests differ from aptitude tests?

According to the idea of stereotype threat,what lowers someone's performance on a test?

How do researchers examine an IQ test for possible "bias"?

What does an achievement test measure?

Does the similarity of IQ scores between monozygotic twins remain the same or change as they age?

IQ scores tend to be lowest in which countries?

Informing people that they have an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease produces what effect?

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

Suppose an experienced truck driver can easily choose the best route from one city to another,but has trouble understanding concepts from algebra and geometry.What is apparently true here?​

What is one way to decrease the impact of stereotype threat?

What does it mean to say that someone with an IQ score of 130 is in the 98th percentile?

What is true about the correlation of IQ scores between adopted children and their biological parents?​

​SAT scores have the LOWEST validity for predicting grades at which type of college?

A professor gives a special tutoring session to students who scored less than 60 percent on the first test.On the second test,their mean score rises to 70 percent.What conclusion can we draw,if any,and why?

Solving a problem of a type you have never seen before requires which type of intelligence?​

One hypothesis to explain the Flynn effect relates it to improved health and nutrition.Which of the following is evidence to support that hypothesis?

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Spearman inferred the existence of a g factor in intelligence from what evidence?

Suppose an experienced truck driver can easily choose the best route from one city to another,but has trouble understanding concepts from algebra and geometry.What is apparently true here?

What is true about the correlation of IQ scores between adopted children and their biological parents?

SAT scores have the LOWEST validity for predicting grades at which type of college?

Solving a problem of a type you have never seen before requires which type of intelligence?