Question 1

The four branches of emotional intelligence are emotional perception, using emotions to facilitate thought, understanding emotions, and managing emotions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Men tend to outperform women on which of the following skills?

Accepted Answer

A) Target-directed skills 
B) Perceptual speed 
C) Mathematical calculation 
D) Verbal fluency

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT one of the four branches of emotional intelligence?

Accepted Answer

A) Expressing emotions 
B) Perceiving emotions 
C) Understanding emotions 
D) Managing emotions

Question 4

The ability to apply previously learned knowledge to current problems, which involves retrieving both factual knowledge and problem-solving schemas from long term memory, is called

Accepted Answer

A) crystallized intelligence 
B) fluid intelligence 
C) psychometric intelligence 
D) deductive intelligence

Question 5

Using IQ test scores to predict grades, intelligence researchers have obtained positive correlations of about 0.60 for high school students and correlations in the range of ___________ for university students.

Accepted Answer

A) 0.30 to 0.40 
B) 0.65 to 0.75 
C) 0.05 to 0.15 
D) 0.30 to 0.50

Question 6

The underlying cognitive processes that encode and store information are _________ components.

Accepted Answer

A) knowledge-acquisition 
B) performance 
C) practical 
D) fluid

Question 7

Researchers who are affiliated with the "cognitive processes approach" to intelligence ___________.

Accepted Answer

A) argue that intelligence is whatever intelligence tests measure 
B) study the specific thought processes that underlie mental abilities 
C) want to determine how many different kinds of mental abilities underlie test performance 
D) are interested in studying the basic structure of the intellect

Question 8

A school teacher wants to administer an intelligence test to some 8-year-olds in the class. The teacher needs separate scores for verbal and processing speed abilities, as well as a Full-Scale IQ. What test fulfills these requirements?

Accepted Answer

A) WISC 
B) WISC-IV 
C) WAIS 
D) WAIS-IV

Question 9

Every now and then, IQ scores have to be recalibrated. This is due to

Accepted Answer

A) the Flynn effect 
B) the lack of standardization 
C) problems with static testing 
D) problems with dynamic testing 
E) cultural bias

Question 10

If you looked at the average IQ for Canadians in 2020, you would find that it was a lot higher than in 1960. This is not a problem with the test, but reflects

Accepted Answer

A) problems with static testing 
B) cultural bias 
C) poor standardization 
D) the Flynn effect 
E) new factor analysis

Question 11

Elizabeth is taking a psychology class because she wants to learn more about herself and who she truly is. According to Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, Elizabeth will be relying on her _____________ intelligence to do this.

Accepted Answer

A) interpersonal 
B) intrapersonal 
C) introspective 
D) intuitive

Question 12

The concept of "mental age" is most strongly associated with which of the following individuals?

Accepted Answer

A) David Wechsler 
B) Alfred Binet 
C) Francis Galton 
D) Howard Gardner

Question 13

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 50% of the people fall. You immediately say

Accepted Answer

A) 85 and 115 
B) 80 and 120 
C) 90 and 110 
D) 80 and 100 
E) you cannot tell from this graph

Question 14

If the individual items on a test are all highly correlated with one another, then the test has high ___________.

Accepted Answer

A) internal consistency 
B) test-retest reliability 
C) interjudge reliability 
D) content validity

Question 15

Research on the predictive validity of IQ tests has revealed that these tests

Accepted Answer

A) predict the academic performance of minority students as well as they predict the performance of white students 
B) predict the academic performance of minority students somewhat better than they predict the performance of white students 
C) predict the academic performance of minority students less well than they predict the performance of white students 
D) are generally unable to predict the academic performance of minority students

Question 16

When Janine takes the personality test in the latest issue of Appeal magazine, her scores suggest that she is kind, generous, and caring. When she retakes the test later that week with several friends, her scores suggest she is self-centered, vain, and competitive. Janine's wildly different scores suggest a significant

Accepted Answer

A) test-retest reliability. 
B) criterion validity. 
C) amount of internal consistency. 
D) lack of test-retest reliability. 
E) source of cognitive dissonance.

Question 17

The traditional midpoint of the distribution of IQ scores is 100. Because of the Flynn effect or "rising curve" effect, this midpoint ______.

Accepted Answer

A) had to be moved up to 128 to accommodate improved test performance since 1910 
B) has to be moved down by about 3 points per decade 
C) remains at 100, but the IQ score distribution has to be recalibrated upward periodically 
D) is no longer at the exact centre of the distribution

Question 18

Standardization can refer to creating consistent well-controlled testing environments or to the process of creating age-specific norms for a test.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Correlational statistics reveal that fraternal twins raised together have more similar IQs than identical twins raised apart.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

According to the text, intelligence is best described as a ___________.

Accepted Answer

A) human trait that can be easily measured, similar to physical characteristics 
B) good mental skill that results in the success in school and at work 
C) socially constructed concept that can mean different things to different people 
D) characteristic that people from some cultures do not possess

Exam 10: Intelligence

The four branches of emotional intelligence are emotional perception, using emotions to facilitate thought, understanding emotions, and managing emotions.

Men tend to outperform women on which of the following skills?

Which of the following is NOT one of the four branches of emotional intelligence?

The ability to apply previously learned knowledge to current problems, which involves retrieving both factual knowledge and problem-solving schemas from long term memory, is called

Using IQ test scores to predict grades, intelligence researchers have obtained positive correlations of about 0.60 for high school students and correlations in the range of ___________ for university students.

The underlying cognitive processes that encode and store information are _________ components.

Researchers who are affiliated with the "cognitive processes approach" to intelligence ___________.

A school teacher wants to administer an intelligence test to some 8-year-olds in the class. The teacher needs separate scores for verbal and processing speed abilities, as well as a Full-Scale IQ. What test fulfills these requirements?

Every now and then, IQ scores have to be recalibrated. This is due to

If you looked at the average IQ for Canadians in 2020, you would find that it was a lot higher than in 1960. This is not a problem with the test, but reflects

Elizabeth is taking a psychology class because she wants to learn more about herself and who she truly is. According to Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, Elizabeth will be relying on her _____________ intelligence to do this.

The concept of "mental age" is most strongly associated with which of the following individuals?

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 50% of the people fall. You immediately say

If the individual items on a test are all highly correlated with one another, then the test has high ___________.

Research on the predictive validity of IQ tests has revealed that these tests

The traditional midpoint of the distribution of IQ scores is 100. Because of the Flynn effect or "rising curve" effect, this midpoint ______.

Standardization can refer to creating consistent well-controlled testing environments or to the process of creating age-specific norms for a test.

Correlational statistics reveal that fraternal twins raised together have more similar IQs than identical twins raised apart.

According to the text, intelligence is best described as a ___________.