Question 1

Assessing current competence is to ________ tests as predicting future performance is to ________ tests.

Accepted Answer

A)   intelligence;standardized
B)   aptitude;achievement
C)   standardized;intelligence
D)   achievement;aptitudeE) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 2

For the original version of the Stanford-Binet,IQ was defined as

Accepted Answer

A)   mental age multiplied by 100.
B)   chronological age subtracted from mental age and multiplied by 100.
C)   chronological age divided by mental age and multiplied by 100.
D)   mental age divided by chronological age and multiplied by 100.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 3

Tyree is listening to a speaker on campus who proclaims that "the government should use intelligence scores to identify those who should and should not reproduce in order to benefit mankind." This speaker is advocating

Accepted Answer

A)   eugenics.
B)   the Flynn Effect.
C)   test standardization.
D)   test reliability.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 4

A high school counselor gave Amy a test designed to predict whether she could learn to become a successful architect.Amy most likely took a(n) ________ test.

Accepted Answer

A)   aptitude
B)   eugenics
C)   achievement
D)   IQE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 5

A college administrator is trying to assess whether an admissions test accurately predicts how well applicants will perform at his school.The administrator is most obviously concerned that the test is

Accepted Answer

A)   standardized.
B)   valid.
C)   reliable.
D)   normally distributed.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 6

To determine whether a child's intellectual development was fast or slow,Binet and Simon assessed the child's

Accepted Answer

A)   natural ability.
B)   average score on an IQ test.
C)   mental age.
D)   cultural background.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

Stephie has to take the SAT exam for her applications to graduate schools.Which of the following best describes the relationship between the SAT exam and general intelligence?

Accepted Answer

A)   The SAT is a biased exam and is not indicative of general intelligence.
B)   Scores on the SAT and general intelligence have been found to be negatively correlated.
C)   Scores on the SAT and general intelligence are weakly correlated.
D)   Scores on the SAT and general intelligence have a strong positive correlation.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 8

The final exam in a calculus course would be an example of a(n) ________ test.

Accepted Answer

A)   aptitude
B)   achievement
C)   standardized
D)   general intelligenceE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 9

Piper is taking an intelligence test that provides a single score,while Taylor is taking a test that has separate scores for four different categories of questions.Piper's test is the ________,and Taylor's is the ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   WAIS;Stanford-Binet
B)   Stanford-Binet;WAIS
C)   GRE;SAT Reasoning Test
D)   SAT Reasoning Test;GREE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 10

The nineteenth-century English scientist Sir Francis Galton believed that

Accepted Answer

A)   mental abilities cannot be measured.
B)   superior intelligence is biologically inherited.
C)   academic aptitude measures chronological age rather than mental age.
D)   intelligence test performance depends on motivation rather than ability.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 11

The eugenics movement would have been most likely to encourage

Accepted Answer

A)   selective breeding of highly intelligent people.
B)   creation of special education programs for intellectually inferior children.
C)   construction of tests to measure a variety of intelligences.
D)   use of factor analysis for identification of various types of intelligence.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 12

To find out if her new spatial reasoning test is good at measuring what it was designed to measure,Dr.Chu compares the scores on her test with the scores and grades of college students enrolled in courses that involve spatial reasoning.In this instance,Dr.Chu is in the process of

Accepted Answer

A)   establishing the test's reliability.
B)   establishing the test's validity.
C)   standardizing the test.
D)   establishing the test's variability.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 13

Increasing years of schooling over the last half-century have most likely contributed to

Accepted Answer

A)   stereotype threat.
B)   the Flynn effect.
C)   family-environment effect.
D)   eugenics.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

A test of your capacity to learn to be an automobile mechanic would be considered a(n) ________ test.

Accepted Answer

A)   reliability
B)   achievement
C)   aptitude
D)   intelligenceE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 15

A measure of intelligence based on head size is likely to have a ________ level of reliability and a ________ level of validity.

Accepted Answer

A)   low;low
B)   low;high
C)   high;low
D)   high;highE) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 16

If course exams assess a student's mastery of a representative sample of course material,they are said to

Accepted Answer

A)   be reliable.
B)   have content validity.
C)   be standardized.
D)   have predictive validity.E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 17

Who attempted to assess intellectual strengths by measuring reaction time,muscular power,sensory acuity,and body proportions?

Accepted Answer

A)   Lewis Terman
B)   Alfred Binet
C)   Charles Spearman
D)   Francis GaltonE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 18

Mary's bathroom scale always overstates people's actual weight by exactly six pounds.The scale has ________ reliability and ________ validity.

Accepted Answer

A)   low;high
B)   high;low
C)   low;low
D)   high;highE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 19

The Flynn effect best illustrates that the process of intelligence testing requires up-to-date

Accepted Answer

A)   content validity.
B)   standardization samples.
C)   reliability indices.
D)   predictive validity.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 20

The test that provides separate verbal comprehension,perceptual organization,working memory,and processing speed scores,as well as an overall intelligence score,is the

Accepted Answer

A)   WAIS.
B)   Stanford-Binet.
C)   SAT Reasoning Test.
D)   Achievement Test.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Exam 29: Thinking

Assessing current competence is to ________ tests as predicting future performance is to ________ tests.

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The Flynn effect best illustrates that the process of intelligence testing requires up-to-date

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The test that provides separate verbal comprehension,perceptual organization,working memory,and processing speed scores,as well as an overall intelligence score,is the

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Increasing years of schooling over the last half-century have most likely contributed to

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Who attempted to assess intellectual strengths by measuring reaction time,muscular power,sensory acuity,and body proportions?

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For the original version of the Stanford-Binet,IQ was defined as

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The eugenics movement would have been most likely to encourage

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Tyree is listening to a speaker on campus who proclaims that "the government should use intelligence scores to identify those who should and should not reproduce in order to benefit mankind." This speaker is advocating

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To find out if her new spatial reasoning test is good at measuring what it was designed to measure,Dr.Chu compares the scores on her test with the scores and grades of college students enrolled in courses that involve spatial reasoning.In this instance,Dr.Chu is in the process of

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A high school counselor gave Amy a test designed to predict whether she could learn to become a successful architect.Amy most likely took a(n) ________ test.

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A measure of intelligence based on head size is likely to have a ________ level of reliability and a ________ level of validity.

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A college administrator is trying to assess whether an admissions test accurately predicts how well applicants will perform at his school.The administrator is most obviously concerned that the test is

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If course exams assess a student's mastery of a representative sample of course material,they are said to

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Piper is taking an intelligence test that provides a single score,while Taylor is taking a test that has separate scores for four different categories of questions.Piper's test is the ________,and Taylor's is the ________.

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The final exam in a calculus course would be an example of a(n) ________ test.

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To determine whether a child's intellectual development was fast or slow,Binet and Simon assessed the child's

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Mary's bathroom scale always overstates people's actual weight by exactly six pounds.The scale has ________ reliability and ________ validity.

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Stephie has to take the SAT exam for her applications to graduate schools.Which of the following best describes the relationship between the SAT exam and general intelligence?

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A test of your capacity to learn to be an automobile mechanic would be considered a(n) ________ test.

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The nineteenth-century English scientist Sir Francis Galton believed that

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