Question 1

Alfred Binet designed his famous test to measure innate intelligence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Megan is very good at solving problems,even though she has had very little formal training.For example,Megan was able to solve the difficult Rubik's Cube puzzle the first time she tried.Megan clearly has a high degree of ____________ intelligence.

Accepted Answer

A) semantic 
B) fluid 
C) crystallized 
D) static

Question 3

Corrie is well liked by all her classmates.She has lots of friends and is always one of the first people chosen whenever there are group projects.According to Gardner,at which type of intelligence does Corrie likely excel?

Accepted Answer

A) interpersonal 
B) intrapersonal 
C) naturalistic 
D) visuospatial

Question 4

A theory of intelligence with eight components was postulated by

Accepted Answer

A) Gardner. 
B) Spearman. 
C) Sternberg. 
D) Terman.

Question 5

_____ is the situation in which when people are aware of stereotypes about their social group,they may fear being reduced to that stereotype.

Accepted Answer

A) Incremental intelligence 
B) Hereditary intelligence 
C) Stereotype threat 
D) Intelligence discrimination

Question 6

Charles Spearman used the letter g as an abbreviation for ___________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Charles Spearman used the letter g as...

Question 7

Research on television viewing by very young children shows that:

Accepted Answer

A) TV is especially detrimental to children aged three years or older. 
B) there is never any benefit from television,not even from educational programs. 
C) infants who watch educational shows are,on average,better learners when they reach school age. 
D) even educational programming shows no benefit,and can even slow some aspects of cognitive development.

Question 8

Disidentification can occur when

Accepted Answer

A) children begin to think of themselves as "dumb" when they do poorly on tests. 
B) women who are good at math feel that they do not fit the female stereotype. 
C) people feel that they are being discriminated against because of racial or gender stereotypes. 
D) children begin to believe that intelligence can change over time.

Question 9

Zoe wants to test the IQ of a group of ESL students who do not speak any English.What test might you recommend to her?

Accepted Answer

A) Stanford-Binet 
B) Raven's Progressive Matrices 
C) WAIS 
D) Binet-Simon

Question 10

When a test actually measures what it is supposed to measure,the test has _______.

Accepted Answer

A) reliability 
B) discriminative power 
C) statistical power 
D) validity

Question 11

According to your textbook,researchers have found a strong positive relationship between intelligence and ________________,although the nature of this relationship remains unclear.

Accepted Answer

A) working memory capacity 
B) visual acuity 
C) typing speed 
D) schizophrenia

Question 12

Which of the following is true about the distribution of intelligence test scores for men compared to the distribution for women?

Accepted Answer

A) There are more men than women with extremely high and extremely low scores. 
B) There are more women than men with extremely high and extremely low scores. 
C) The mean intelligence test score for women is consistently higher than the mean for men. 
D) The mean intelligence test score for men is consistently higher than the mean for women.

Question 13

Oscar is an African American,and is aware of the fact that,on average,African Americans score lower on aptitude tests compared to European Americans.While taking an aptitude test,Oscar spends so much time worrying about this fact,that he has trouble concentrating on the test itself.It is likely that ______________ will cause Oscar to underperform on the test.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Oscar is an African American,and is aware...

Question 14

One way to determine how specific genes influence behavior is to breed mice that have had the gene removed from their genome.A research project using this technique is referred to as a _________________ study.

Accepted Answer

The answer of One way to determine how specific genes...

Question 15

Carmen is taking an advanced math test and she feels a burden of doubt because she knows the negative stereotypes about women's abilities in mathematics.This feeling has been labeled

Accepted Answer

A) test anxiety. 
B) gender dissonance. 
C) gender bias. 
D) stereotype threat.

Question 16

Most intelligence scales use standardized testing.This is because standardization allows researchers to

Accepted Answer

A) determine how much of an individual's intelligence is the result of heredity. 
B) make comparisons across large groups of people. 
C) avoid stereotype threat. 
D) determine what makes each person unique.

Question 17

If intelligence is determined primarily by heredity,which pair should show the highest correlation between IQ scores?

Accepted Answer

A) fraternal twins 
B) identical twins 
C) brothers and sisters 
D) parents and children

Question 18

Which of the following statements best summarizes the relationship between brain size and intelligence?

Accepted Answer

A) Brain size is a perfect predictor of intelligence-the larger the brain,the greater the intelligence. 
B) There is no relationship between brain size and intelligence whatsoever. 
C) Brain size and intelligence are related only in Caucasian people. 
D) There are modest correlations between brain size,convolutions of the cortex,and intelligence.

Question 19

Tang believes that everyone is born with a certain amount of intelligence that cannot change.When he is confronted with a difficult problem in math class that he cannot solve right away,he is likely to

Accepted Answer

A) give up. 
B) ask a "smart" student for guidance. 
C) ask the teacher for guidance. 
D) keep trying

Question 20

A 10 year old child with a mental age of 9 would have an IQ of 90.

Accepted Answer