Question 1

Philip is 21 and requires nursing care. His IQ is 20. We would classify Philip as

Accepted Answer

A) profoundly challenged 
B) severely challenged 
C) moderately challenged 
D) mildly challenged 
E) slightly challenged

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Within the context of selecting students for college, an aptitude test would theoretically be used to assess how much someone has learned in high school.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Nikki has just taken an IQ test and wants to know what exactly intelligence is. The person who tested her says he believes intelligence is one thing that cuts across virtually all tasks one completes. This core ability is

Accepted Answer

A) gainful loss (gl). 
B) general mental age (gm). 
C) mental giftedness (mg). 
D) general intelligence (g). 
E) mental age.

Question 5

David Wechsler differed from the intelligence researchers before him because he believed that intelligence should be measured by ___________.

Accepted Answer

A) both verbal and non-verbal measures 
B) the ratio of the person's mental age to his or her chronological age 
C) only non-verbal measures 
D) only verbal measures

Question 6

You have designed a new intelligence test and want to make sure that it is a good test. So, you have a group of students take the test and then you look to see if all of the individual items are highly correlated. You are testing for

Accepted Answer

A) internal consistency 
B) content validity 
C) construct validity 
D) criterion-related validity 
E) interjudge reliability

Question 7

The first stratum of Carroll's three-stratum model contains __________ that feed(s) into the broader second-stratum factors.

Accepted Answer

A) nearly 70 highly specific cognitive abilities 
B) eight broad intellectual factors 
C) a g factor 
D) emotional intelligences

Question 8

You have designed a new intelligence test and want to make sure that it is a good test. So, you look over the scales and realize that you have forgotten to test for an important dimension of intelligence. If you do not correct this, your test will have low

Accepted Answer

A) internal consistency 
B) content validity 
C) construct validity 
D) criterion-related validity 
E) interjudge reliability

Question 9

What is our working definition of intelligence?

Accepted Answer

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Question 10

A new intelligence test is fairly good, but tends to underestimate a person's true intellectual ability. This test would suffer from

Accepted Answer

A) a lack of reliability 
B) a lack of internal validity 
C) static testing bias 
D) outcome bias 
E) predictive bias

Question 11

Tom has just beat William at a board game and is very excited and proud of himself. He does not want William to feel badly though so he suppresses his behavioural display of happiness. In doing so, he is displaying an understanding of which of Mayer and Salovey's components of emotional intelligence?

Accepted Answer

A) Perceiving emotion 
B) Using emotion to facilitate thought 
C) Understanding emotions 
D) Managing emotions

Question 12

Wechsler's WAIS-IV Full-Scale IQ includes both ___________.

Accepted Answer

A) verbal and analytical IQ 
B) performance and emotional IQ 
C) verbal and performance IQ 
D) spatial and linguistic IQ

Question 13

In creating his intelligence test for children, Alfred Binet made the assumptions that mental abilities develop with age and that the rate at which mental competence is gained is relatively constant over time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The extent to which a measure is consistent is referred to as _____________; whereas the extent to which a measure actually measures the construct it is intended to measure is called ___________.

Accepted Answer

A) fluid state; crystallized state 
B) internal validity; external validity 
C) reliability; validity 
D) validity; reliability

Question 15

Sean's fascinated by his classes on psychological assessment. He's curious about what sorts of information processing and cognitive processes make one "intelligent." He would probably like a class or career dealing with

Accepted Answer

A) cognitive-processes theories. 
B) multiple intelligences theory. 
C) psychometrics. 
D) metacomponents. 
E) crystalized intelligence.

Question 16

In Carroll's three-stratum theory of cognitive abilities, the top or third stratum of the model contains

Accepted Answer

A) a g factor 
B) crystallized and fluid intelligence 
C) processing speed 
D) specific cognitive abilities

Question 17

If you chart the IQ scores of every living Canadian, the statistical distribution will look like a

Accepted Answer

A) normal distribution or bell curve, with most scores clustering around the middle. 
B) bimodal distribution, with most scores falling at the higher and lower ends. 
C) skewed distribution, with most scores falling at the higher end. 
D) flat distribution, with an equal number of people having each level of intelligence. 
E) random distribution, with no clear pattern or discernable shape.

Question 18

Bob is rather gifted socially. He is very good at reading the behavioural cues that people generate and responds effectively to these cues. Bob has many close friends and is generally well liked by those who know him. In addition, Bob is also good at motivating himself and taking care of his personal needs. These qualities suggest that Bob would most likely score highly on a measure of _____________ intelligence.

Accepted Answer

A) visuospatial 
B) mathematical 
C) linguistic 
D) emotional

Question 19

In Carroll's integrative model of intelligence, ___________ is at the top or the third stratum, whereas _________ is(are) at the second level.

Accepted Answer

A) general intelligence; fluid and crystallized intelligence 
B) fluid intelligence; crystallized intelligence 
C) general memory and learning; crystallized intelligence 
D) general memory and learning; fluid intelligence

Question 20

A test that has good consistency has strong __________.

Accepted Answer

A) predictive validity 
B) reliability 
C) construct validity 
D) content validity

Exam 10: Intelligence

Philip is 21 and requires nursing care. His IQ is 20. We would classify Philip as

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

Within the context of selecting students for college, an aptitude test would theoretically be used to assess how much someone has learned in high school.

Nikki has just taken an IQ test and wants to know what exactly intelligence is. The person who tested her says he believes intelligence is one thing that cuts across virtually all tasks one completes. This core ability is

David Wechsler differed from the intelligence researchers before him because he believed that intelligence should be measured by ___________.

You have designed a new intelligence test and want to make sure that it is a good test. So, you have a group of students take the test and then you look to see if all of the individual items are highly correlated. You are testing for

The first stratum of Carroll's three-stratum model contains __________ that feed(s) into the broader second-stratum factors.

You have designed a new intelligence test and want to make sure that it is a good test. So, you look over the scales and realize that you have forgotten to test for an important dimension of intelligence. If you do not correct this, your test will have low

What is our working definition of intelligence?

A new intelligence test is fairly good, but tends to underestimate a person's true intellectual ability. This test would suffer from

Wechsler's WAIS-IV Full-Scale IQ includes both ___________.

In creating his intelligence test for children, Alfred Binet made the assumptions that mental abilities develop with age and that the rate at which mental competence is gained is relatively constant over time.

The extent to which a measure is consistent is referred to as ___; whereas the extent to which a measure actually measures the construct it is intended to measure is called _.

Sean's fascinated by his classes on psychological assessment. He's curious about what sorts of information processing and cognitive processes make one "intelligent." He would probably like a class or career dealing with

In Carroll's three-stratum theory of cognitive abilities, the top or third stratum of the model contains

If you chart the IQ scores of every living Canadian, the statistical distribution will look like a

In Carroll's integrative model of intelligence, ___ is at the top or the third stratum, whereas _ is(are) at the second level.

A test that has good consistency has strong __________.