Exam 9: C: Intelligence Psychological Testing

Sophie works for Buzzfeed. Her job requires her to create at least 10 new online quizzes per week. Sophie is tired of people belittling her work and is using her knowledge of psychology to compose quizzes of high quality and standards that could even be compared to the psychological tests she reads about in her textbooks. -Sophie is developing a quiz she hopes will accurately make inferences about a user's level of extraversion.She consults research done in the field of extraversion and includes questions about personality traits that are strongly related to extraversion (such as sociability).Sophie wants to ensure that her quiz has strong _______________.

Vasia is a visible minority student in her last year in of her undergraduate degree. She maintains a very high GPA, and a lot of her personal identity is bound up in her school performance. Vasia decides to take an IQ test, and her score of 85 is significantly lower than she expected. Vasia is devastated by this result. -Considering the fact that she is a visible minority,how is Vasia's score likely to affect her

Vasia is a visible minority student in her last year in of her undergraduate degree. She maintains a very high GPA, and a lot of her personal identity is bound up in her school performance. Vasia decides to take an IQ test, and her score of 85 is significantly lower than she expected. Vasia is devastated by this result. -Vasia has an identical twin who was adopted by a rich and well-educated family shortly after birth and was raised in an enriched environment.Vasia's IQ is most likely to be __________ than the identical twin's IQ.The difference between Vasia's IQ and her twin's IQ are best explained by _________.

Scott recently took the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale test and achieved a score of 115. Scott was proud of his score, until his friend Jordan tells him that intelligence tests are unreliable and have very poor validity. -Scott and Adam get into a fight about whether or not IQ tests are reliable and valid and open up their psychology notes to settle their argument.According to your textbook,______________.

Adrian and Kevin are 24-year-old twins who are both obese. Adrian has been in a committed, long-term relationship for almost two years. Adrian and his girlfriend moved in together a few months ago, and now that they have settled into their new place and new living arrangements, Adrian is looking for a new challenge. So, he decides to start training for a triathlon. Kevin has recently been putting in a lot of overtime at work (and has sacrificed his social life to do so), but this extra time is paying off because he's in line for a promotion. He typically spends 10-12 hours a day at the office, six days a week, and will sometimes have dinner with his co-workers, who have become his good friends. Even though Kevin doesn't have much of a life outside of work, he feels like he makes an important contribution and is a valued member of the team. -Imagine that in June 2016,Adrian and Kevin are the exact same weight.However,Adrian loses weight while training for his triathlon in June 2017,while Kevin's weight remains the same.Which of the following is mostly likely to be true for the twins in June 2017

Siobhan wants to raise her sales totals.According to Brian Little's "Personal Projects",what should she do

The store decides to begin paying employees based on commission (i.e.,their salary is based on their sales totals).This will likely ___________ Siobhan's motivation.

Adrian and Kevin are 24-year-old twins who are both obese. Adrian has been in a committed, long-term relationship for almost two years. Adrian and his girlfriend moved in together a few months ago, and now that they have settled into their new place and new living arrangements, Adrian is looking for a new challenge. So, he decides to start training for a triathlon. Kevin has recently been putting in a lot of overtime at work (and has sacrificed his social life to do so), but this extra time is paying off because he's in line for a promotion. He typically spends 10-12 hours a day at the office, six days a week, and will sometimes have dinner with his co-workers, who have become his good friends. Even though Kevin doesn't have much of a life outside of work, he feels like he makes an important contribution and is a valued member of the team. -According to the results of the Capilano Bridge Experiment,it is most likely that after this incident,Nicola and Emil will each perceive the other as being _______ to them than before.

Sophie works for Buzzfeed. Her job requires her to create at least 10 new online quizzes per week. Sophie is tired of people belittling her work and is using her knowledge of psychology to compose quizzes of high quality and standards that could even be compared to the psychological tests she reads about in her textbooks. -Sophie is proud of the fact that the results of her quizzes are reliable.This means that if you take her quiz named "Find out how adventurous you are based on your favourite movie quotes",then _____________.

Scott recently took the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale test and achieved a score of 115. Scott was proud of his score, until his friend Jordan tells him that intelligence tests are unreliable and have very poor validity. -Scott's IQ test score is _____ the mean,so Scott falls into the ____ percentile.

Andrea is a sculptor and is constantly trying to perfect her craft. Andrea's sister Kirsten is a biologist who takes pride in being an avid bird watcher and being able to differentiate between more than 500 species of birds. -Andrea has been in a creative rut for the past few months.What could she do to enhance her creativity

Adrian and Kevin are 24-year-old twins who are both obese. Adrian has been in a committed, long-term relationship for almost two years. Adrian and his girlfriend moved in together a few months ago, and now that they have settled into their new place and new living arrangements, Adrian is looking for a new challenge. So, he decides to start training for a triathlon. Kevin has recently been putting in a lot of overtime at work (and has sacrificed his social life to do so), but this extra time is paying off because he's in line for a promotion. He typically spends 10-12 hours a day at the office, six days a week, and will sometimes have dinner with his co-workers, who have become his good friends. Even though Kevin doesn't have much of a life outside of work, he feels like he makes an important contribution and is a valued member of the team. -One theory of emotion proposes that a stimulus produces arousal and that arousal produces emotion.If this is the case,then once she is back on the ground,Nicola is least likely to feel _____________.

Scott recently took the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale test and achieved a score of 115. Scott was proud of his score, until his friend Jordan tells him that intelligence tests are unreliable and have very poor validity. -Based on Scott's IQ test score,we can assume ________________.

Sophie works for Buzzfeed. Her job requires her to create at least 10 new online quizzes per week. Sophie is tired of people belittling her work and is using her knowledge of psychology to compose quizzes of high quality and standards that could even be compared to the psychological tests she reads about in her textbooks. -Sophie creates a quiz called "Choose six breakfast carb options and I'll guess whether or not you're a good driver".In order for this quiz to have high criterion-related validity,__________________.

Sophie works for Buzzfeed. Her job requires her to create at least 10 new online quizzes per week. Sophie is tired of people belittling her work and is using her knowledge of psychology to compose quizzes of high quality and standards that could even be compared to the psychological tests she reads about in her textbooks. -Sophie develops a quiz to test a user's knowledge of Harry Potter trivia.One day,you take the quiz and after you're done you get the following message: "Congrats! You are a true Potterhead.Your scores are at the 90th percentile!" This means _______________.

Adrian and Kevin are 24-year-old twins who are both obese. Adrian has been in a committed, long-term relationship for almost two years. Adrian and his girlfriend moved in together a few months ago, and now that they have settled into their new place and new living arrangements, Adrian is looking for a new challenge. So, he decides to start training for a triathlon. Kevin has recently been putting in a lot of overtime at work (and has sacrificed his social life to do so), but this extra time is paying off because he's in line for a promotion. He typically spends 10-12 hours a day at the office, six days a week, and will sometimes have dinner with his co-workers, who have become his good friends. Even though Kevin doesn't have much of a life outside of work, he feels like he makes an important contribution and is a valued member of the team. -Previously,you were told Adrian decided to start training for a triathlon on his own.What if,instead,he only began training for a triathlon because his friend bet him $500 he would never finish one.Originally,he had a _________ to train for a triathlon,and if his friend bets him money,he would instead have a _______ to train for a triathlon.

Scott recently took the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale test and achieved a score of 115. Scott was proud of his score, until his friend Jordan tells him that intelligence tests are unreliable and have very poor validity. -What can Scott do to convince Jordan that the WAIS test he took is reliable

Scott recently took the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale test and achieved a score of 115. Scott was proud of his score, until his friend Jordan tells him that intelligence tests are unreliable and have very poor validity. -What would you expect of Scott if Jordan is wrong and IQ tests indeed have high validity

Scott recently took the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale test and achieved a score of 115. Scott was proud of his score, until his friend Jordan tells him that intelligence tests are unreliable and have very poor validity. -Scott is trying to prove to Jordan that IQ tests are important.He mentions that IQ test scores have a _____ correlation with occupational attainment and a ____ correlation with job performance.

Adrian and Kevin are 24-year-old twins who are both obese. Adrian has been in a committed, long-term relationship for almost two years. Adrian and his girlfriend moved in together a few months ago, and now that they have settled into their new place and new living arrangements, Adrian is looking for a new challenge. So, he decides to start training for a triathlon. Kevin has recently been putting in a lot of overtime at work (and has sacrificed his social life to do so), but this extra time is paying off because he's in line for a promotion. He typically spends 10-12 hours a day at the office, six days a week, and will sometimes have dinner with his co-workers, who have become his good friends. Even though Kevin doesn't have much of a life outside of work, he feels like he makes an important contribution and is a valued member of the team. -According to the Schacter & Singer theory of emotion,because this event is happening while listening to others celebrate,once Nicola is back on the ground ______________.