Question 1

How do researchers determine whether an IQ test is biased against some minority group?

Accepted Answer

A) Determine whether minority group members have the same mean score as other people. 
B) Determine whether the best minority member score is as high as the best score for others. 
C) Determine whether minority group members do better in school than their scores predict. 
D) Determine whether scores have increased over the years for minority group members. 
A) Determine whether minority group members have the same mean score as other people. 
B) Determine whether the best minority member score is as high as the best score for others. 
C) Determine whether minority group members do better in school than their scores predict. 
D) Determine whether scores have increased over the years for minority group members.

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A) GRE verbal scores have higher reliability than GRE quantitative scores. 
B) Almost everyone gets higher verbal scores than quantitative scores on the GRE. 
C) The first year of grad school deals more with reading than math, even for physics students. 
D) Physics grad students have more variation in their verbal scores than quantitative scores. 
A) GRE verbal scores have higher reliability than GRE quantitative scores. 
B) Almost everyone gets higher verbal scores than quantitative scores on the GRE. 
C) The first year of grad school deals more with reading than math, even for physics students. 
D) Physics grad students have more variation in their verbal scores than quantitative scores.

Question 3

What has always been the intended purpose of IQ tests?

Accepted Answer

A) To predict children's performance in school 
B) To help researchers test the role of heredity and environment in intelligence 
C) To help researchers test the contributions of various brain areas to intelligence 
D) To help teachers determine which children are visual or verbal learners 
A) To predict children's performance in school 
B) To help researchers test the role of heredity and environment in intelligence 
C) To help researchers test the contributions of various brain areas to intelligence 
D) To help teachers determine which children are visual or verbal learners

Question 4

If an IQ test has high predictive validity,which of the following is true?

Accepted Answer

A) Students who take the test repeatedly tend to improve their scores. 
B) Students who do well on the test also succeed in school. 
C) All groups of people have the same mean and standard deviation. 
D) The test was standardized on a large, cross-cultural sample of people. 
A) Students who take the test repeatedly tend to improve their scores. 
B) Students who do well on the test also succeed in school. 
C) All groups of people have the same mean and standard deviation. 
D) The test was standardized on a large, cross-cultural sample of people.

Question 5

A new test determines your score by taking the square root of your Social Security number,and then dividing by 100.What,if anything,can we predict about this test?

Accepted Answer

A) It has low reliability. 
B) It has high reliability. 
C) It has high validity. 
D) We can make none of these predictions. 
A) It has low reliability. 
B) It has high reliability. 
C) It has high validity. 
D) We can make none of these predictions.

Question 6

The observation that each generation tends to do better than the previous generation on IQ tests is known as what?

Accepted Answer

A) The Stroop effect 
B) Spearman's g factor 
C) The Flynn effect 
D) The depth of processing principle 
A) The Stroop effect 
B) Spearman's g factor 
C) The Flynn effect 
D) The depth of processing principle

Question 7

Dizygotic twins resemble each other in IQ scores more strongly than single-birth brothers or sisters do.What conclusion does that result support?

Accepted Answer

A) Sharing an environment makes people more similar in IQ. 
B) Recessive genes influence the development of IQ. 
C) Dominant genes influence the development of IQ. 
D) The heritability of IQ increases as people grow older. 
A) Sharing an environment makes people more similar in IQ. 
B) Recessive genes influence the development of IQ. 
C) Dominant genes influence the development of IQ. 
D) The heritability of IQ increases as people grow older.

Question 8

Which of these is an advantage of Raven's Progressive Matrices?

Accepted Answer

A) Higher reliability and validity than other IQ tests 
B) Separate scores to identify someone's areas of strength and weakness 
C) Suitable for use with people who are blind 
D) Suitable for use with people who do not speak English 
A) Higher reliability and validity than other IQ tests 
B) Separate scores to identify someone's areas of strength and weakness 
C) Suitable for use with people who are blind 
D) Suitable for use with people who do not speak English

Question 9

What does it mean if the reliability of a test is above 0.9?

Accepted Answer

A) At least 90 percent of all people get the correct score. 
B) The test measures 90 percent of someone's capability. 
C) The test measures what it claims to measure. 
D) The test measures something in a fairly repeatable manner. 
A) At least 90 percent of all people get the correct score. 
B) The test measures 90 percent of someone's capability. 
C) The test measures what it claims to measure. 
D) The test measures something in a fairly repeatable manner.

Question 10

If your professor gave you an "adaptive test," how would it differ from most college tests?

Accepted Answer

A) All the questions would have clear relevance to your everyday life. 
B) You could choose between answering in writing, by talking, or by drawing pictures. 
C) Your professor would give you a hint whenever you asked for one. 
D) The questions would get easier or harder, depending on how well you are doing. 
A) All the questions would have clear relevance to your everyday life. 
B) You could choose between answering in writing, by talking, or by drawing pictures. 
C) Your professor would give you a hint whenever you asked for one. 
D) The questions would get easier or harder, depending on how well you are doing.

Question 11

What is a disadvantage of the Raven's Progressive Matrices test?

Accepted Answer

A) It does not provide scores for separate abilities. 
B) It requires familiarity with the English language. 
C) It measures only crystallized intelligence. 
D) It requires complex and expensive equipment. 
A) It does not provide scores for separate abilities. 
B) It requires familiarity with the English language. 
C) It measures only crystallized intelligence. 
D) It requires complex and expensive equipment.

Question 12

Why is the mean IQ the same for boys as for girls?

Accepted Answer

A) In abilities and interests, boys and girls do not differ in any way. 
B) The tests balanced several types of questions to make the means equal for boys and girls. 
C) Schools provide extra education to bring boys' scores up to those of girls. 
D) Schools provide extra education to bring girls' scores up to those of boys. 
A) In abilities and interests, boys and girls do not differ in any way. 
B) The tests balanced several types of questions to make the means equal for boys and girls. 
C) Schools provide extra education to bring boys' scores up to those of girls. 
D) Schools provide extra education to bring girls' scores up to those of boys.

Question 13

Which test tries to measure intelligence while minimizing the influence of culture and language?

Accepted Answer

A) WISC-V 
B) WAIS-IV 
C) Stanford-Binet test 
D) Raven's Progressive Matrices 
A) WISC-V 
B) WAIS-IV 
C) Stanford-Binet test 
D) Raven's Progressive Matrices

Question 14

Because a driver's license exam includes a vision test,people with poor vision get low scores.Is the test therefore biased against people with visual impairments?

Accepted Answer

A) Yes, because people with visual impairments get lower scores than others. 
B) Yes, because people with visual impairments know the driving laws as well as others do. 
C) No, because the scores are consistent from one year to the next. 
D) No, because the scores accurately predict who will and will not be a good driver. 
A) Yes, because people with visual impairments get lower scores than others. 
B) Yes, because people with visual impairments know the driving laws as well as others do. 
C) No, because the scores are consistent from one year to the next. 
D) No, because the scores accurately predict who will and will not be a good driver.

Question 15

If a test has been standardized,which of these is true?

Accepted Answer

A) Researchers have included an equal mix of easy, intermediate, and difficult items. 
B) Scores on the test correlate significantly with performance on an important task. 
C) People's scores on the test are consistent from one test session to another. 
D) Rules have been established for interpreting scores on the test. 
A) Researchers have included an equal mix of easy, intermediate, and difficult items. 
B) Scores on the test correlate significantly with performance on an important task. 
C) People's scores on the test are consistent from one test session to another. 
D) Rules have been established for interpreting scores on the test.

Question 16

The IQ correlation is higher for dizygotic twins than for brothers or sisters born at different times.This observation supports which conclusion?

Accepted Answer

A) IQ scores have been increasing over generations. 
B) Hereditary factors influence intellectual development. 
C) Environmental factors influence intellectual development. 
D) Twins tend to be more intelligent than single-born children. 
A) IQ scores have been increasing over generations. 
B) Hereditary factors influence intellectual development. 
C) Environmental factors influence intellectual development. 
D) Twins tend to be more intelligent than single-born children.

Question 17

What would best demonstrate that an individual item on a test is biased against women?

Accepted Answer

A) The item was written by a committee composed of men. 
B) More than half of all women answer the item incorrectly. 
C) The item is one of the easiest for men, but one of the harder items for women. 
D) The women with the best overall scores answer this item correctly more than others do. 
A) The item was written by a committee composed of men. 
B) More than half of all women answer the item incorrectly. 
C) The item is one of the easiest for men, but one of the harder items for women. 
D) The women with the best overall scores answer this item correctly more than others do.

Question 18

When psychologists determine whether the content of a test matches the purposes of the test,which aspect of the test are they evaluating?

Accepted Answer

A) The norms 
B) The reliability 
C) The validity 
D) The bias 
A) The norms 
B) The reliability 
C) The validity 
D) The bias

Question 19

What was Spearman's evidence in favor of a g factor in intelligence?​

Accepted Answer

A) Certain genes are more common among people who score high on IQ tests. 
B) ​Mean scores on IQ tests have been rising from one generation to the next. 
C) ​Most people who do well on one mental test do well on other ones also. 
D) ​Scores on IQ tests correlate positively with measurements of brain volume. 
A) Certain genes are more common among people who score high on IQ tests. 
B) ​Mean scores on IQ tests have been rising from one generation to the next. 
C) ​Most people who do well on one mental test do well on other ones also. 
D) ​Scores on IQ tests correlate positively with measurements of brain volume.

Question 20

What does "bias" of a test mean?

Accepted Answer

A) The authors of a test intended it to discriminate against some group. 
B) Members of one group get lower scores, on average, than some other group. 
C) The test includes too many items that everyone considers difficult. 
D) The test scores underestimate the performance of some group. 
A) The authors of a test intended it to discriminate against some group. 
B) Members of one group get lower scores, on average, than some other group. 
C) The test includes too many items that everyone considers difficult. 
D) The test scores underestimate the performance of some group.

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How do researchers determine whether an IQ test is biased against some minority group?

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

What has always been the intended purpose of IQ tests?

If an IQ test has high predictive validity,which of the following is true?

A new test determines your score by taking the square root of your Social Security number,and then dividing by 100.What,if anything,can we predict about this test?

The observation that each generation tends to do better than the previous generation on IQ tests is known as what?

Dizygotic twins resemble each other in IQ scores more strongly than single-birth brothers or sisters do.What conclusion does that result support?

Which of these is an advantage of Raven's Progressive Matrices?

What does it mean if the reliability of a test is above 0.9?

If your professor gave you an "adaptive test," how would it differ from most college tests?

What is a disadvantage of the Raven's Progressive Matrices test?

Why is the mean IQ the same for boys as for girls?

Which test tries to measure intelligence while minimizing the influence of culture and language?

Because a driver's license exam includes a vision test,people with poor vision get low scores.Is the test therefore biased against people with visual impairments?

If a test has been standardized,which of these is true?

The IQ correlation is higher for dizygotic twins than for brothers or sisters born at different times.This observation supports which conclusion?

What would best demonstrate that an individual item on a test is biased against women?

When psychologists determine whether the content of a test matches the purposes of the test,which aspect of the test are they evaluating?

What was Spearman's evidence in favor of a g factor in intelligence?​

What does "bias" of a test mean?

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