Question 1

What does Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences claim?

Accepted Answer

A) Intellectual development depends on equal contributions from heredity and environment. 
B) Nutrition, health, and other factors contribute to development of all intellectual skills. 
C) People can be outstanding at one intellectual skill without being good at others. 
D) On average, intellectual performance has improved from one generation to the next. 
A) Intellectual development depends on equal contributions from heredity and environment. 
B) Nutrition, health, and other factors contribute to development of all intellectual skills. 
C) People can be outstanding at one intellectual skill without being good at others. 
D) On average, intellectual performance has improved from one generation to the next.

Question 2

If most of the people with high scores on a test are close to average on a retest,and most of those with low scores on the first test are also close to average on the retest,what if anything can we conclude?

Accepted Answer

A) The test has low reliability. 
B) The test has high validity. 
C) Scores on the test follow the normal distribution. 
D) We can draw none of these conclusions. 
A) The test has low reliability. 
B) The test has high validity. 
C) Scores on the test follow the normal distribution. 
D) We can draw none of these conclusions.

Question 3

What would be one way to determine the validity of an IQ test?

Accepted Answer

A) See whether most people get about the same score on a test and then a retest. 
B) See whether scores on the test accurately predict performance in school. 
C) See whether scores on the test follow the normal distribution. 
D) See whether scores on the odd numbered items correlate with the even numbered items. 
A) See whether most people get about the same score on a test and then a retest. 
B) See whether scores on the test accurately predict performance in school. 
C) See whether scores on the test follow the normal distribution. 
D) See whether scores on the odd numbered items correlate with the even numbered items.

Question 4

Most studies of heritability of human intelligence are based on what type of evidence?

Accepted Answer

A) Twins and adopted children 
B) Comparisons among cultures 
C) Changes from one generation to the next 
D) The correlation between IQ scores and brain volume 
A) Twins and adopted children 
B) Comparisons among cultures 
C) Changes from one generation to the next 
D) The correlation between IQ scores and brain volume

Question 5

If you had never played chess before,but you learned the game quickly and developed clever strategies,you would be displaying what?

Accepted Answer

A) Fluid intelligence 
B) ​Crystallized intelligence 
C) ​The Flynn effect 
D) ​Multiple intelligences 
A) Fluid intelligence 
B) ​Crystallized intelligence 
C) ​The Flynn effect 
D) ​Multiple intelligences

Question 6

What is the main thing that IQ tests try to predict?

Accepted Answer

A) Mental health 
B) Levels of brain activity 
C) Social and emotional adjustment 
D) Performance in school 
A) Mental health 
B) Levels of brain activity 
C) Social and emotional adjustment 
D) Performance in school

Question 7

What does it mean if a test is "biased" against a particular group?

Accepted Answer

A) Members of that group perform better than the test scores predict. 
B) Members of that group get lower scores, on average, than some other group. 
C) The test was intentionally designed to harm members of that group. 
D) Members of that group were not represented among the authors of the test. 
A) Members of that group perform better than the test scores predict. 
B) Members of that group get lower scores, on average, than some other group. 
C) The test was intentionally designed to harm members of that group. 
D) Members of that group were not represented among the authors of the test.

Question 8

Rusty charges that IQ tests are biased against redheaded people.What evidence (if true)would most decisively support this charge?

Accepted Answer

A) On average, redheaded people get lower scores than other people. 
B) Redheaded people with an IQ of 100 do worse in school than others with the same score. 
C) Redheaded people with an IQ of 100 do better in school than others with the same score. 
D) Redheaded people with an IQ of 100 do about the same as others with the same score. 
A) On average, redheaded people get lower scores than other people. 
B) Redheaded people with an IQ of 100 do worse in school than others with the same score. 
C) Redheaded people with an IQ of 100 do better in school than others with the same score. 
D) Redheaded people with an IQ of 100 do about the same as others with the same score.

Question 9

Which of these is one possible explanation for Spearman's g factor?​

Accepted Answer

A) Educational opportunities have been improving from one generation to another. 
B) ​People who develop any ability have less opportunity to develop a different ability. 
C) ​Nutrition and other factors that promote any ability also help develop other abilities. 
D) ​Several genes influence development in just one brain area. 
A) Educational opportunities have been improving from one generation to another. 
B) ​People who develop any ability have less opportunity to develop a different ability. 
C) ​Nutrition and other factors that promote any ability also help develop other abilities. 
D) ​Several genes influence development in just one brain area.

Question 10

To evaluate the usefulness of a test,what should someone measure about the test?

Accepted Answer

A) Its mean and standard deviation 
B) Its phonemes and morphemes 
C) Its reliability and validity 
D) Its algorithms and heuristics 
A) Its mean and standard deviation 
B) Its phonemes and morphemes 
C) Its reliability and validity 
D) Its algorithms and heuristics

Question 11

IQ tests were originally devised for what purpose?

Accepted Answer

A) To identify mental patients who could profit from psychotherapy 
B) To identify the best applicants to become airplane pilots 
C) To identify children who would or would not do well in school 
D) To identify prisoners who would be safe to release on parole 
A) To identify mental patients who could profit from psychotherapy 
B) To identify the best applicants to become airplane pilots 
C) To identify children who would or would not do well in school 
D) To identify prisoners who would be safe to release on parole

Question 12

​Research on stereotype threat supports what general conclusion?

Accepted Answer

A) It is best to stop and think instead of following your first impulse. 
B) ​When people are distracted, their performance declines. 
C) ​Most people's performance varies depending on the time of day. 
D) ​Certain motivations almost always take priority over other ones. 
A) It is best to stop and think instead of following your first impulse. 
B) ​When people are distracted, their performance declines. 
C) ​Most people's performance varies depending on the time of day. 
D) ​Certain motivations almost always take priority over other ones.

Question 13

What procedure would a researcher use to measure the reliability of a test?

Accepted Answer

A) Compare scores on the test to measurements of an important real-life behavior. 
B) Administer the test to several groups of people from different cultures. 
C) Administer the test more than once to the same group of people. 
D) Survey well-known researchers about their opinion of the test. 
A) Compare scores on the test to measurements of an important real-life behavior. 
B) Administer the test to several groups of people from different cultures. 
C) Administer the test more than once to the same group of people. 
D) Survey well-known researchers about their opinion of the test.

Question 14

What is the Flynn effect?

Accepted Answer

A) Children master many aspects of a foreign language more easily than adults do. 
B) Intensive early intervention can improve school performance of impoverished children. 
C) Mean performance on IQ tests generally increases from one generation to the next. 
D) Monozygotic twins generally resemble each other more than dizygotic twins do. 
A) Children master many aspects of a foreign language more easily than adults do. 
B) Intensive early intervention can improve school performance of impoverished children. 
C) Mean performance on IQ tests generally increases from one generation to the next. 
D) Monozygotic twins generally resemble each other more than dizygotic twins do.

Question 15

Which of these tests measures IQ and also identifies someone's areas of strength and weakness?

Accepted Answer

A) IAT 
B) MMPI 
C) WAIS 
D) MBTI 
A) IAT 
B) MMPI 
C) WAIS 
D) MBTI

Question 16

What is one way to decrease the impact of stereotype threat?

Accepted Answer

A) Remind people of the consequences for good or poor performance. 
B) Prevent people from learning about stereotype threat. 
C) Ask people to identify their race, gender, and ethnic group at the start of a test. 
D) Ask people to write about their values and best characteristics. 
A) Remind people of the consequences for good or poor performance. 
B) Prevent people from learning about stereotype threat. 
C) Ask people to identify their race, gender, and ethnic group at the start of a test. 
D) Ask people to write about their values and best characteristics.

Question 17

Whose performance does stereotype threat impair?

Accepted Answer

A) People who have not had adequate opportunity to develop their skills 
B) People who have seldom met anyone from outside their ethnic or racial group 
C) People who are told that their group does very well on some task 
D) People who are told that their group does poorly on some task 
A) People who have not had adequate opportunity to develop their skills 
B) People who have seldom met anyone from outside their ethnic or racial group 
C) People who are told that their group does very well on some task 
D) People who are told that their group does poorly on some task

Question 18

Why can someone predict the grades for first-year English graduate students better from their Graduate Record Exam (GRE)quantitative scores than from their GRE verbal scores?

Accepted Answer

A) Quantitative scores predict almost anything better than verbal scores do. 
B) GRE quantitative scores have higher reliability than GRE verbal scores. 
C) Nearly all English grad students have very similar, high verbal scores. 
D) The GRE verbal test is more difficult than the GRE quantitative test. 
A) Quantitative scores predict almost anything better than verbal scores do. 
B) GRE quantitative scores have higher reliability than GRE verbal scores. 
C) Nearly all English grad students have very similar, high verbal scores. 
D) The GRE verbal test is more difficult than the GRE quantitative test.

Question 19

Why did Binet and Simon develop the first intelligence test?

Accepted Answer

A) To help researchers discover the factors that lead to intelligence 
B) To help teachers adjust to children who were visual or verbal learners 
C) To identify children who might not do well in school 
D) To help theorists distinguish between intelligence and creativity 
A) To help researchers discover the factors that lead to intelligence 
B) To help teachers adjust to children who were visual or verbal learners 
C) To identify children who might not do well in school 
D) To help theorists distinguish between intelligence and creativity

Question 20

A new worker who lacks the skills of experienced workers but learns them quickly has much of what?​

Accepted Answer

A) Multiple intelligence 
B) ​Crystallized intelligence 
C) ​Fluid intelligence 
D) ​Mnemonic intelligence 
A) Multiple intelligence 
B) ​Crystallized intelligence 
C) ​Fluid intelligence 
D) ​Mnemonic intelligence

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What does Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences claim?

If most of the people with high scores on a test are close to average on a retest,and most of those with low scores on the first test are also close to average on the retest,what if anything can we conclude?

What would be one way to determine the validity of an IQ test?

Most studies of heritability of human intelligence are based on what type of evidence?

If you had never played chess before,but you learned the game quickly and developed clever strategies,you would be displaying what?

What is the main thing that IQ tests try to predict?

What does it mean if a test is "biased" against a particular group?

Rusty charges that IQ tests are biased against redheaded people.What evidence (if true)would most decisively support this charge?

Which of these is one possible explanation for Spearman's g factor?​

To evaluate the usefulness of a test,what should someone measure about the test?

IQ tests were originally devised for what purpose?

​Research on stereotype threat supports what general conclusion?

What procedure would a researcher use to measure the reliability of a test?

What is the Flynn effect?

Which of these tests measures IQ and also identifies someone's areas of strength and weakness?

What is one way to decrease the impact of stereotype threat?

Whose performance does stereotype threat impair?

Why can someone predict the grades for first-year English graduate students better from their Graduate Record Exam (GRE)quantitative scores than from their GRE verbal scores?

Why did Binet and Simon develop the first intelligence test?

A new worker who lacks the skills of experienced workers but learns them quickly has much of what?​

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Which of these is one possible explanation for Spearman's g factor?

Research on stereotype threat supports what general conclusion?

A new worker who lacks the skills of experienced workers but learns them quickly has much of what?