Exam 9: A: Intelligence Intelligence

The results comparing monozygotic and dizygotic twins imply a genetic contribution to differences in IQ performance.

Charles Spearman identified a g factor in intelligence.The g stands for _______.​

T​oday's young people do better than their parents or grandparents did on IQ tests.

If an aptitude test measures fluid intelligence,an achievement test measures ______ intelligence.

Describe the Flynn effect and at least two possible explanations for it.

People who do well on one cognitive test generally do well on other cognitive tests also.

Of the two types of twins,those resemble each other more strongly in their IQ scores are _____________ twins.​

A question on a math test contains a diagram of an American football field.If this question is among the easiest for men to answer and among the hardest for women to answer,we can conclude that this test question is biased.

The Flynn effect is mostly due to improved education.

According to Raymond Cattell,intelligence has two major components,fluid intelligence and _________ intelligence.

Classifying someone as intellectually "gifted" implies that the person has an IQ score of at least _________.

Intelligence quotient (IQ)tests try to predict an individual's performance in school and similar settings.

If we give a test twice,and most people get approximately the same score the second time as they did the first time,then the test has high __________.

If a test determined your score by adding the height of your head to the width of your head,it would have high reliability.

Researchers have identified three genes that control most of the individual differences in IQ scores.

Of the tests intended to be culture-fair or culture-reduced,the best known is Raven's _______ _______ test.

The early IQ tests developed in France were modified for English speakers and became the first important IQ test in the English language.This new version was the ____________________.

The Flynn effect occurs only in Western,industrialized countries.

If you have been told that your group tends to do poorly on a particular test,you become distracted and fail to perform as well as you could.This tendency is known as ______ _______.

The fact that people who do well on one kind of cognitive test generally do well on other kinds also prompted Charles Spearman to propose the ____ factor in intelligence.