Question 1

Using IQ scores as the sole measure of giftedness

Accepted Answer

A)  is the quickest way to identify creative individuals. 
B)  ignores special talents. 
C)  ignores the poor adjustment that characterizes such persons. 
D)  identifies only persons from upper socioeconomic levels.

Question 2

Gayle has applied for a summer job and has been asked to take a test to determine if she will succeed in clerical work.Gayle is most likely taking a __________ test.

Accepted Answer

A)  divergent thinking 
B)  multiple aptitude 
C)  general intelligence 
D)  special aptitude

Question 3

Binet and an associate created a test made up of "intellectual" questions and problems and learned which questions an average child could answer at each age.Then,they gave other children this test and were able to tell whether a child was

Accepted Answer

A)  motivated to learn. 
B)  able to comprehend the material being presented at each grade level. 
C)  performing up to his or her potential. 
D)  able to think divergently.

Question 4

Each factor on the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales,Fifth Edition is measured with questions involving words and numbers called __________ questions.

Accepted Answer

A)  verbal 
B)  nonverbal 
C)  divergent 
D)  implicit

Question 5

Regarding fluid and crystallized intelligences,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Crystallized intelligence involves the use of perceptual speed or rapid insight. 
B)  Fluid intelligence declines rapidly after middle age. 
C)  Crystallized intelligence is the ability to solve problems using already acquired knowledge. 
D)  IQ tests such as the SB5 and WAIS-IV measure components of both fluid intelligence and crystallized intelligence.

Question 6

Helena is taking a test to determine her capacity for learning musical abilities.Helena is most likely taking a(n)__________ test.

Accepted Answer

A)  aptitude 
B)  intelligence 
C)  creative production 
D)  auditory recognition

Question 7

Fourteen-year-old Joel and his classmates enter their classroom and will be simulataneously be administered paper-and-pencil tests that will require them to read,to follow instructions,and to solve problems of logic,reasoning,mathematics,and spatial skills.Joel is being administered a(n)__________ test.

Accepted Answer

A)  performance 
B)  individual intelligence 
C)  group intelligence 
D)  creativity

Question 8

A test is said to be reliable if it

Accepted Answer

A)  measures the skill it claims to test. 
B)  is unaffected by external factors, such as the time of administration. 
C)  gives approximately the same score to a person each time he or she takes it. 
D)  allows one to correctly predict who will be successful when placed in a real-life situation.

Question 9

The measurement of a person's score on an intelligence test relative to others taking the same test is called a

Accepted Answer

A)  multiple IQ. 
B)  mental age. 
C)  deviation IQ. 
D)  chronological IQ.

Question 10

To estimate a child's intelligence,we would need to compare the child's mental age to his or her

Accepted Answer

A)  nonverbal IQ. 
B)  present grade level. 
C)  chronological age. 
D)  average grade point average.

Question 11

For decades men,as a group,

Accepted Answer

A)  exhibited a higher overall intelligence on group intelligence tests than women. 
B)  performed better on tests of verbal ability and vocabulary than women. 
C)  performed better on tests of rote learning than women. 
D)  performed better on tests measuring visual spatialization and math than women.

Question 12

The Cree people of Northern Canada value visual skills needed to find food on the frozen tundra,while the Puluwat people in the South Pacific prize ocean-going navigation skills necessary to get from island to island.These examples

Accepted Answer

A)  show that divergent thinking is not a part of every culture. 
B)  raise serious questions about general definitions of intelligence. 
C)  show that convergent thinking is not part of every culture. 
D)  demonstrate biological adaptation and not aspects of intelligence.

Question 13

During test standardization,the average score made by the people taking the test is referred to as a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  norm. 
B)  mode. 
C)  range. 
D)  standard deviation.

Question 14

The results of Terman's study of the 1,500 intellectually gifted showed that the gifted,as a group,

Accepted Answer

A)  have a greater susceptibility to mental illness in adulthood. 
B)  tend to be peculiar, socially backward individuals both as children and as adults. 
C)  tend to fizzle out as adults and were unsuccessful in their careers. 
D)  were above average in height, weight, and physical appearance.

Question 15

Lisa is taking the Stanford-Binet (SB5)and is presented with the question,"An apprentice is to a master as a novice is to what?" This question measures Lisa's

Accepted Answer

A)  working memory. 
B)  fluid reasoning. 
C)  quantitative reasoning. 
D)  visual-spatial processing.

Question 16

Test standardization involves finding which of the following that was made by a large group of people like those for whom the test was designed?

Accepted Answer

A)  validity score 
B)  reliability score 
C)  norm 
D)  all of these

Question 17

An operational definition of intelligence is based on the

Accepted Answer

A)  procedures used to measure intelligence. 
B)  standardization sample that was tested. 
C)  validity of the intelligence test. 
D)  reliability of the intelligence test.

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT a group test?

Accepted Answer

A)  Army Alpha 
B)  SAT Reasoning Test (SAT) 
C)  College Qualification Test (CQT) 
D)  Stanford-Binet (SB5)

Question 19

Which of the following types of tests can be given to many people simultaneously with minimal supervision and requires the test takers to read and follow instructions and assesses the test takers in the areas of logic,reasoning,mathematics,and spatial skills?

Accepted Answer

A)  divergent thinking tests 
B)  group intelligence tests 
C)  individual aptitude tests 
D)  creativity tests

Question 20

Regarding intelligence and success,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Higher status jobs often require an academic degree, thus, inflating the apparent association between professional jobs and IQ. 
B)  About 10 percent of the population have IQs below 70 or above 140 with these individuals being the only ones not experiencing bias during the hiring process. 
C)  The more IQ-like tests are used to select people for jobs, the stronger the association between IQ and job status. 
D)  When IQs are extreme, such as below 70 or above 140, then the link between IQ and an individual's potential for success is significant.

Exam 9: A: Intelligence