Question 1

Cosette took an intelligence test that used age-graded tasks similar to the original Stanford-Binet.Cosette,who is eight years old,most likely will ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  be given only eight-year-olds' items 
B)  be graded more harshly than a seven-year-old 
C)  have her mental age compared to her chronological age

Question 2

Cal Critic does not like intelligence tests and loves to talk about all the problems that intelligence testing involves.Which of Cal's criticisms would NOT be accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Intelligence tests do not predict success in the workplace. 
B)  Intelligence tests are not valid in every case. 
C)  Intelligence tests assess only a narrow range of abilities. 
D)  Intelligence tests may be biased against certain groups.

Question 3

Delenn is interested in studying the human capacity to reason,remember,understand,and solve problems.She plans to conduct various studies to better understand ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  divergent thinking 
B)  achievement 
C)  cognitive ability 
D)  aptitude

Question 4

Which component is least essential to creativity?

Accepted Answer

A)  experience in the field of endeavor 
B)  a capacity for divergent thinking 
C)  external rewards that motivate one to work harder 
D)  internal reasons that motivate one to work harder

Question 5

Shelby is four years old.In school,she was tested with the Stanford-BinetIntelligence Scale and achieved a mental age of eight.Terman would say that her Intelligence Quotient,or IQ,is ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  50 
B)  100 
C)  150 
D)  200

Question 6

Karloss has administered an IQ test to a large sample of people representative of the general population.If his results are consistent with those discussed in your textbook,he should find the greatest difference between which two groups?

Accepted Answer

A)  upper-class and lower-class subjects of the same ethnicity 
B)  males and females of the same socioeconomic class 
C)  African Americans and European Americans of the same socioeconomic class 
D)  Asians and Hispanics of the same socioeconomic class

Question 7

You are trying to construct items for a new culture-fair IQ test.Which item would you be leastlikely to include?

Accepted Answer

A)  What is the next number in this sequence: 4, 9, 25, . . . ? 
B)  >> is to . . . 
C)  William the Conqueror is to 1066 as Cromwell is to . . 
D)  How many fingers are on ten normal hands?

Question 8

What would a researcher have to do to ensure that a new intelligence test is developed properly? What further considerations would have to be made in the development of a culture-fair test?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What would a researcher have to do...

Question 9

Tyson believes that people have several kinds of intelligence.Some have great musical capacity,some are talented verbally,some artistically,and so on.He would most likely use ____to examine intelligence test results to support his position.

Accepted Answer

A)  split-half reliability 
B)  factor analysis 
C)  standardized norms 
D)  control question techniques

Question 10

Dr.Sandifer administers her test to a large group of high school seniors.She then administers the same test two weeks later to the same group and finds a high correlation between the first and second scores.This means that her test ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  is statistically reliable 
B)  has predictive validity 
C)  has valid norms 
D)  is standardized

Question 11

Cognitive ability is ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  the capacity to reason, remember, understand, solve problems, and make decisions 
B)  synonymous with the term intelligence 
C)  defined the same in all cultures 
D)  a concept that is easily measured and tested

Question 12

Cherie displays a mild intellectual disability.One way that she will differ from people with average intelligence is that she ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  performs cognitive abilities faster 
B)  will forget information from working memory more rapidly 
C)  knows fewer facts about the world 
D)  is not as effective in using manipulatives

Question 13

Which statement does not support Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences?

Accepted Answer

A)  Modern intelligence tests have both verbal and performance scales. 
B)  Many people with average scores on intelligence tests have exceptional ability in specific areas. 
C)  Biology provides raw capacities that culture and environment enable differently in each individual. 
D)  Different intelligences normally interact but can function independently of one another.

Question 14

Katrina receives a 740 on her math SAT.She decides to take the SAT again and receives a 720.The reason the scores are so similar is because the SAT has high ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  statistical reliability 
B)  statistical validity 
C)  objectivity 
D)  predictability

Question 15

Silus is a talented author of fictional stories.He is also known for coming up with inventive advertising campaigns for his work clients.According to Sternberg's triarchic theory,Silus must rate highly in ____ intelligence.

Accepted Answer

A)  analytic 
B)  creative 
C)  naturalistic 
D)  practical

Question 16

In a study,math-proficient women are randomly divided into two groups.The first group is told that men usually do better on the type of math test the women are about to take.The second group is not told anything.Which outcome would you expect?

Accepted Answer

A)  The second group did worse than the first. 
B)  The second group did better than the first. 
C)  There was no meaningful difference between the performances of the two groups. 
D)  The first group did better than the second but not as well as men who took the test.

Question 17

Shavonne,an elementary school teacher,is told that some of her students scored very high on a scholastic aptitude measure.Actually,these "high aptitude" students were chosen randomly,regardless of ability.During the next year of school,these students' IQ scores increased more than the scores of other students who were in Shavonne's class.According to your text,the most likely explanation for these students' IQ gain is ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  their fluid intelligence 
B)  their interactions with classmates 
C)  the teacher's expectations for her students 
D)  their crystallized intelligence

Question 18

Karin's new printer is printing too lightly.Even though she had never fixed a printer before,Karin figures out how to open the printer,remove the print cartridge,and replace it with a new one.The printing then works perfectly.We can assume that because Karin fixed the printer without previous experience,she relied on her ____intelligence.

Accepted Answer

A)  informal 
B)  formal 
C)  crystallized 
D)  fluid

Question 19

Galya is from Russia and is given an intelligence test when she arrives in the United States.If the administrator of the test is conscious of the fact that Galya is from another culture,the test will be composed of ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  easy vocabulary words 
B)  spelling items 
C)  pattern recognition items 
D)  story problems

Question 20

Which statement is falseregarding intelligence tests?

Accepted Answer

A)  IQ scores obtained before the age of seven typically correlate highly with scores on IQ tests given later. 
B)  For teenagers and adults, the statistical reliability of IQ tests is high. 
C)  IQ tests seem to be most valid for assessing aspects of intelligence that are related to schoolwork. 
D)  Evidence shows that employees who score high on tests of verbal and mathematical reasoning tend to perform better on the job.

Exam 8: Intelligence