Exam 10: Intelligence

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

Let's say that you give a number of students a test of math ability, a test of reading comprehension, and a test of verbal fluency. You run a factor analysis and note that all three tests seem to be only slightly positively correlated with each other. Which of the following theories of intelligence would this support?

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

Deborah is developing an intelligence test. As part of the process she has outlined precise instructions on how to administer the test. Additionally, she has been testing hundreds of people with the test to determine how people of different ages tend to Respond on different items. These aspects of test construction are referred to as:

Intensive early childhood intervention programs that start in infancy and continues to age 5 lead to long term positive effects on children's outcome except for children whose mothers are mentally retarded.

If you wanted to administer an intelligence test to a group of individuals with learning disabilities and to make sure that you tested the limits of their competency you should probably use

Sarah is moving to a new apartment at the end of the month. As she makes a list of the things she will need to do before the move and plans how to proceed, she will be primarily using her:

You have designed a new intelligence test and want to make sure that it is a good test. You can assess and correct a number of problems, but you will never be able to achieve perfect

Let's say that you are giving a standard intelligence test (e.g., the WAIS) to a group of people. Which of the following abilities from Garner's theory of multiple intelligences would you be able to assess with this test?

Results from electrophysiological studies that have obtained modest correlations between IQ and the speed of the brain's electrical response, suggest that IQ may be related to:

One of the reasons that William Stern's original formula for calculating IQ was abandoned was that:

was one of the individuals to lay the foundation for later research of intelligence. He thought that intelligence was a function of "efficiency of the nervous System" and therefore tried to measure intelligence with tests that, for example, assessed reaction and sensory acuity.

Howard Gardner's theory of intelligence would be considered to be which type of theory?

Robert Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence was discussed as an example of the ________ approach to intelligence.

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 have a number of their professors rate them as high or low in intelligence. You want to see if the scores are similar. You are testing for

The following two assumptions: mental abilities develop with age and the rate of developmental change is relatively constant for a given individual, were assumptions Made by _ _.

Which of the following statements regarding the process of standardization is most accurate?

Gardner's view of multiple intelligences includes the ability to perceive musical pitches and rhythms, the ability to control body movements, and personal understanding of others and ourselves.

In developing his tests of intelligence, Alfred Binet assumed that the rate at which mental competence is gained is characteristic of the person and is fairly constant over time.

Sally has an IQ of 140 and a mental age of 14. According to Stern's IQ formula, how old is Sally?