Question 1

Researchers who study stereotype threat have found that when people are asked to perform a task for which a negative stereotype about their ethnic group exists, they tend to ____. ​

Accepted Answer

A) overcome the stereotype and perform optimally 
B) underperform, consistent with the stereotype 
C) be unaffected 
D) engage in social loafing 
A) overcome the stereotype and perform optimally 
B) underperform, consistent with the stereotype 
C) be unaffected 
D) engage in social loafing

Question 2

Researchers conduct the same experiment fifteen times, and each time,they obtain the same results. We can conclude that their data are probably ____. ​

Accepted Answer

A) archival 
B) biased 
C) valid 
D) reliable 
A) archival 
B) biased 
C) valid 
D) reliable

Question 3

Deanna and Errol are nonidentical twins separated at birth and brought up in different households. Their IQ scores are most likely ____. ​

Accepted Answer

A) almost identical 
B) the same as if they were brought up in the same home 
C) the same as any siblings reared apart 
D) the same as those adults rearing them 
A) almost identical 
B) the same as if they were brought up in the same home 
C) the same as any siblings reared apart 
D) the same as those adults rearing them

Question 4

In the year 2525, people are separated into groups. A standardized "Group A" IQ test has been developed, and results indicate that as a group, Group A people have an average IQ score that is 25 points higher than the Group B people. Which statement is an incorrect conclusion? ​

Accepted Answer

A) Any individual Group A person is more intelligent than any individual Group B person. 
B) These results may be explained by differences in the socioeconomic status between Group A and Group B people. 
C) These results may be explained by motivational differences based on how much value is placed on academic achievement. 
D) While genetic differences may contribute to IQ, any person may improve his or her own score if given the "right" environmental conditions. 
A) Any individual Group A person is more intelligent than any individual Group B person. 
B) These results may be explained by differences in the socioeconomic status between Group A and Group B people. 
C) These results may be explained by motivational differences based on how much value is placed on academic achievement. 
D) While genetic differences may contribute to IQ, any person may improve his or her own score if given the "right" environmental conditions.

Question 5

When Yanping entered college, she was unsure about which major to choose. She took a vocational interest test that indicated that she was highly analytic and should choose a math-based major. This spring she will graduate with honors with a mechanical engineering degree. The test Yanping took appears to have good ____validity. ​

Accepted Answer

A) content 
B) split-half 
C) predictive 
D) concurrent 
A) content 
B) split-half 
C) predictive 
D) concurrent

Question 6

Bill and Ted had an excellent time-travel adventure back to 1916. To come back to the present, Bill (who is a little below average in intelligence)needs a score of 115 on the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale. Bill has to convince Professor Terman that he is ____than he actually is because the Stanford-Binet IQ was calculated as ____. ​

Accepted Answer

A) younger; (chronological age/mental age)× 100 
B) older; (mental age/chronological age)× 100 
C) younger; (mental age/chronological age)× 100 
D) older; (chronological age/mental age)× 100 
A) younger; (chronological age/mental age)× 100 
B) older; (mental age/chronological age)× 100 
C) younger; (mental age/chronological age)× 100 
D) older; (chronological age/mental age)× 100

Question 7

According to Terman's concept of intelligence quotient (IQ), a ten-year-old child with an IQ of 50 has ____. ​

Accepted Answer

A) the chronological age of a five-year-old 
B) the mental age of the average ten-year-old 
C) one-half of the intelligence of the average ten-year-old 
D) a mental age that is lower than her or his chronological age 
A) the chronological age of a five-year-old 
B) the mental age of the average ten-year-old 
C) one-half of the intelligence of the average ten-year-old 
D) a mental age that is lower than her or his chronological age

Question 8

If intelligence were determined solely by heredity, the correlation of the IQ scores of identical twins would be ____. ​

Accepted Answer

A) +1.00 
B) +0.50 
C) 0.00 
D) -1.00 
A) +1.00 
B) +0.50 
C) 0.00 
D) -1.00

Researchers who study stereotype threat have found that when people are asked to perform a task for which a negative stereotype about their ethnic group exists, they tend to ____.

Researchers conduct the same experiment fifteen times, and each time,they obtain the same results. We can conclude that their data are probably ____.

Deanna and Errol are nonidentical twins separated at birth and brought up in different households. Their IQ scores are most likely ____.

In the year 2525, people are separated into groups. A standardized "Group A" IQ test has been developed, and results indicate that as a group, Group A people have an average IQ score that is 25 points higher than the Group B people. Which statement is an incorrect conclusion?

According to Terman's concept of intelligence quotient (IQ), a ten-year-old child with an IQ of 50 has ____.

If intelligence were determined solely by heredity, the correlation of the IQ scores of identical twins would be ____.

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