Exam 29: Thinking

Why does the predictive validity of general aptitude tests decrease as the educational experience of the students who take them increases?

Dr.Bronfman has administered her new 100-item test of abstract reasoning to a large sample of students.She is presently comparing their scores on the odd-numbered questions with those on the even-numbered questions in an effort to

The distribution of intelligence test scores in the general population forms a bell-shaped pattern.This pattern is called

The correlation is likely to be lowest between the

Although Francis Galton was not able to develop a simple measure of intelligence,he can be credited with providing psychological science with

The French government commissioned Alfred Binet to develop an intelligence test that would

Professor Stott is examining the reliability of the final exam she gives to her class.She gives half of the students one version of the text and the other half a different version of the test.Which type of reliability is she testing?

Psychologists use ________ to assess individuals' mental aptitudes and compare them with those of others.

The widespread improvement in intelligence test performance during the past century is called

Your score on the WAIS does not indicate how well you control your impulses or deal effectively with social conflict.This best illustrates that intelligence is

Binet's recommendation of "mental orthopedics" highlighted the potential role of ________ in intellectual ability.Terman's sympathy with "eugenics" highlighted the potential role of ________ in intellectual ability.

Dr.Zimmer has designed a test to measure golfers' knowledge of their sport's history.To interpret scores on the test,he is presently administering it to a representative sample of all golfers.Dr.Zimmer is clearly in the process of

Comparing the average performance of the initial WAIS standardization sample with the average performance of the most recent WAIS standardization sample provides convincing evidence of

When a person's test performance can be compared with that of a representative and pretested sample of people,the test is said to be

The success with which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to predict is called

University grades are used to assess the ________ of the SAT.

Dr.Renk is testing the reliability of an assessment she developed for testing depression.She divided her participants in half and gave one section the odd-questions and the other section the even-questions of the test.Which type of reliability is she testing?

Cindra achieved an intelligence test score of 100 on a current version of the Stanford-Binet test.This indicates that relative to other adults her age her intellectual abilities

The test Vincente is taking includes questions such as "In what way are brass and steel alike?" Vincente is taking the

The WAIS was designed for testing ________ intelligence,whereas the WISC was designed for testing ________ intelligence.