Question 1

When there is a complete absence of a relationship between two variables,the regression line representing that relationship will be:

Accepted Answer

A)  horizontal. 
B)  45 degrees from the horizontal. 
C)  either a or b above 
D)  irregular and curved. 
A)  horizontal. 
B)  45 degrees from the horizontal. 
C)  either a or b above 
D)  irregular and curved. A

Question 2

The fact that physical variables such as height or weight fall into normal distributions when measured in large numbers of people was initially documented by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Adolph Quetelet. 
B)  Charles Darwin. 
C)  Francis Galton. 
D)  Karl Pearson. 
A)  Adolph Quetelet. 
B)  Charles Darwin. 
C)  Francis Galton. 
D)  Karl Pearson. A

Question 3

Who devised the computing formula now used to calculate correlation coefficients?

Accepted Answer

A)  Kerl Holzinger 
B)  Karl Pearson 
C)  Adolph Quetelet 
D)  Alphonse de Candolle 
A)  Kerl Holzinger 
B)  Karl Pearson 
C)  Adolph Quetelet 
D)  Alphonse de Candolle B

Question 4

Which of the following was included among Galton's tests of "intelligence" at his 1884 Anthropometric laboratory?

Accepted Answer

A)  arithmetic 
B)  reaction time 
C)  vocabulary 
D)  all of the above 
A)  arithmetic 
B)  reaction time 
C)  vocabulary 
D)  all of the above

Question 5

In his studies of mental imagery,Galton was surprised by the number of reports from scientists indicating:

Accepted Answer

A)  an extremely vivid visualizing capacity. 
B)  a very weak visualizing capacity. 
C)  a visualizing capacity much like children's. 
D)  a particular capacity for visualizing numbers vividly. 
A)  an extremely vivid visualizing capacity. 
B)  a very weak visualizing capacity. 
C)  a visualizing capacity much like children's. 
D)  a particular capacity for visualizing numbers vividly.

Question 6

Galton's word association experiments may well have had an influence on:

Accepted Answer

A)  Sigmund Freud. 
B)  Wilhelm Wundt. 
C)  Charles Darwin. 
D)  Gustav Fechner. 
A)  Sigmund Freud. 
B)  Wilhelm Wundt. 
C)  Charles Darwin. 
D)  Gustav Fechner.

Question 7

If we randomly select 100 people and arrange them in order of height,which of the following pairs will probably show the greatest differences between their two heights?

Accepted Answer

A)  10th tallest and 11th tallest 
B)  49th tallest and 50th tallest 
C)  shortest to second shortest 
D)  The differences between all adjacent pairs will be about the same 
A)  10th tallest and 11th tallest 
B)  49th tallest and 50th tallest 
C)  shortest to second shortest 
D)  The differences between all adjacent pairs will be about the same

Question 8

Which of the following has not been a problem in conducting a definitive study of separated identical twins?

Accepted Answer

A)  finding twin pairs who were completely separated from each other at an early age 
B)  finding twin pairs reared randomly in environments representative of the full range of the general population 
C)  finding intelligence tests suitable for administration to close relatives 
D)  finding twin pairs who were not placed in randomly different adoptive environments 
A)  finding twin pairs who were completely separated from each other at an early age 
B)  finding twin pairs reared randomly in environments representative of the full range of the general population 
C)  finding intelligence tests suitable for administration to close relatives 
D)  finding twin pairs who were not placed in randomly different adoptive environments

Question 9

According to Galton's data in Hereditary Genius,which kinds of relatives are most likely to share the trait of eminence?

Accepted Answer

A)  any relatives of the first three degrees, so long as they have similar environments 
B)  uncles and nephews 
C)  grandfathers and grandsons 
D)  brothers 
A)  any relatives of the first three degrees, so long as they have similar environments 
B)  uncles and nephews 
C)  grandfathers and grandsons 
D)  brothers

Question 10

Studies of separated identical twins have had the purpose of measuring the "heritability" of various characteristics including IQ.That heritability figure is defined as:

Accepted Answer

A)  the proportion of each person's intelligence that was determined by heredity. 
B)  the proportion of the IQ variability within the tested population that was determined by heredity. 
C)  the "leftover" variability in intelligence after all environmental influences have been accounted for. 
D)  all of the above 
A)  the proportion of each person's intelligence that was determined by heredity. 
B)  the proportion of the IQ variability within the tested population that was determined by heredity. 
C)  the "leftover" variability in intelligence after all environmental influences have been accounted for. 
D)  all of the above

Question 11

"The science of improving stock,which…takes cognizance of all influences that tend in however remote a degree to give the more suitable races or strains of blood a better chance of prevailing speedily over the less suitable than they otherwise would have had," is a definition of the doctrine of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Eugenics. 
B)  evolution by natural selection. 
C)  Social Darwinism. 
D)  evolution by artificial selection. 
A)  Eugenics. 
B)  evolution by natural selection. 
C)  Social Darwinism. 
D)  evolution by artificial selection.

Question 12

In the 1920s behavioral geneticists realized that research on "separated" twins could be used to determine the "heritability" of any measurable trait,but only if certain conditions were met. Which of the following was not one of those conditions

Accepted Answer

A)  The twins must be monozygotic. 
B)  The twins must by dizigotic. 
C)  The twins must have been randomly placed in a representative sample of adoptive foster homes. 
D)  The twins must have been separated completely and very early. 
A)  The twins must be monozygotic. 
B)  The twins must by dizigotic. 
C)  The twins must have been randomly placed in a representative sample of adoptive foster homes. 
D)  The twins must have been separated completely and very early.

Question 13

Which of the following represents the strongest correlation coefficient?

Accepted Answer

A)  - .5 
B)  + .7 
C)  0 
D)  +10 
A)  - .5 
B)  + .7 
C)  0 
D)  +10

Question 14

Galton's scatter plots for the relationships between the heights of children and their parents showed that,on average:

Accepted Answer

A)  tall parents had children taller than themselves. 
B)  tall children had parents that were taller than themselves. 
C)  tall children had parents shorter than themselves. 
D)  both a and b above 
A)  tall parents had children taller than themselves. 
B)  tall children had parents that were taller than themselves. 
C)  tall children had parents shorter than themselves. 
D)  both a and b above

Question 15

When Galton studied his own associations,he discovered that:

Accepted Answer

A)  they flowed and could be recorded surprisingly easily. 
B)  most were determined by his immediate settings. 
C)  there were surprising numbers dating from childhood. 
D)  very few were ever repeated. 
A)  they flowed and could be recorded surprisingly easily. 
B)  most were determined by his immediate settings. 
C)  there were surprising numbers dating from childhood. 
D)  very few were ever repeated.

Question 16

Although Galton is best known to psychologists for his work on behavior genetics,statistical methods,and intelligence testing,he also contributed importantly to:

Accepted Answer

A)  meteorology. 
B)  computer science. 
C)  geology. 
D)  social influence theory. 
A)  meteorology. 
B)  computer science. 
C)  geology. 
D)  social influence theory.

Question 17

Francis Galton's formal academic training was primarily in the fields of:

Accepted Answer

A)  medicine and mathematics. 
B)  biology and psychology. 
C)  geography and statistics. 
D)  history and botany. 
A)  medicine and mathematics. 
B)  biology and psychology. 
C)  geography and statistics. 
D)  history and botany.

Question 18

In the 1960s British psychologist Sir Cyril Burt published a study on separated twins indicating that nature was much more important than nurture in determining intelligence.All of the following statements about Burt's study are true except:

Accepted Answer

A)  it temporarily tipped the balance of informed opinion toward the hereditarian view. 
B)  it was influenced by the ideas of Galton. 
C)  it was later found to be deeply flawed and perhaps fraudulent. 
D)  it introduced new research techniques that have continued to be employed in later twin studies. 
A)  it temporarily tipped the balance of informed opinion toward the hereditarian view. 
B)  it was influenced by the ideas of Galton. 
C)  it was later found to be deeply flawed and perhaps fraudulent. 
D)  it introduced new research techniques that have continued to be employed in later twin studies.

Question 19

The major purpose for which Galton devised the idea of intelligence tests was to:

Accepted Answer

A)  help stream children into appropriate school classes. 
B)  prove that men were more intelligent than women. 
C)  show that psychology could be a quantitative science. 
D)  select the most able young people for eugenic breeding. 
A)  help stream children into appropriate school classes. 
B)  prove that men were more intelligent than women. 
C)  show that psychology could be a quantitative science. 
D)  select the most able young people for eugenic breeding.

Question 20

Galton's personal conviction that differences in intellectual ability are largely innate arose in part because:

Accepted Answer

A)  in school he found himself easily surpassing other students who came from much more privileged backgrounds than himself. 
B)  in school he found that he could not compete successfully against the very top students, despite his own privileged background. 
C)  he observed that the top scientists tended to come from specific countries. 
D)  males tended to outperform females in academic tasks. 
A)  in school he found himself easily surpassing other students who came from much more privileged backgrounds than himself. 
B)  in school he found that he could not compete successfully against the very top students, despite his own privileged background. 
C)  he observed that the top scientists tended to come from specific countries. 
D)  males tended to outperform females in academic tasks.

When there is a complete absence of a relationship between two variables,the regression line representing that relationship will be:

The fact that physical variables such as height or weight fall into normal distributions when measured in large numbers of people was initially documented by:

Who devised the computing formula now used to calculate correlation coefficients?

Which of the following was included among Galton's tests of "intelligence" at his 1884 Anthropometric laboratory?

In his studies of mental imagery,Galton was surprised by the number of reports from scientists indicating:

Galton's word association experiments may well have had an influence on:

If we randomly select 100 people and arrange them in order of height,which of the following pairs will probably show the greatest differences between their two heights?

Which of the following has not been a problem in conducting a definitive study of separated identical twins?

According to Galton's data in Hereditary Genius,which kinds of relatives are most likely to share the trait of eminence?

Studies of separated identical twins have had the purpose of measuring the "heritability" of various characteristics including IQ.That heritability figure is defined as:

"The science of improving stock,which…takes cognizance of all influences that tend in however remote a degree to give the more suitable races or strains of blood a better chance of prevailing speedily over the less suitable than they otherwise would have had," is a definition of the doctrine of:

In the 1920s behavioral geneticists realized that research on "separated" twins could be used to determine the "heritability" of any measurable trait,but only if certain conditions were met. Which of the following was not one of those conditions

Which of the following represents the strongest correlation coefficient?

Galton's scatter plots for the relationships between the heights of children and their parents showed that,on average:

When Galton studied his own associations,he discovered that:

Although Galton is best known to psychologists for his work on behavior genetics,statistical methods,and intelligence testing,he also contributed importantly to:

Francis Galton's formal academic training was primarily in the fields of:

In the 1960s British psychologist Sir Cyril Burt published a study on separated twins indicating that nature was much more important than nurture in determining intelligence.All of the following statements about Burt's study are true except:

The major purpose for which Galton devised the idea of intelligence tests was to:

Galton's personal conviction that differences in intellectual ability are largely innate arose in part because:

Foundational Ideas from Antiquity

Pioneering Philosophers of Mind: Descartes,Locke,and Leibniz

Physiologists of Mind: Brain Scientists from Gall to Penfield

The Sensing and Perceiving Mind: From Kant through the Gestalt Psychologists

Wundt and the Establishment of Experimental Psychology

The Evolving Mind: Darwin and His Psychological Legacy

American Pioneers: James, Hall, Calkins, and Thorndike

Psychology as the Science of Behavior: Pavlov,Watson,and Skinner

Social Influence and Social Psychology: From Mesmer to Milgram and Beyond

Mind in Conflict: Freudian Psychoanalysis and Its Successors

Psychology Gets "Personality": Allport,Maslow,and the Broadening Field

The Developing Mind: Binet,Piaget,and the Study of Intelligence

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Exam 7: Measuring the Mind: Galton and Individual Differences

When there is a complete absence of a relationship between two variables,the regression line representing that relationship will be:

The fact that physical variables such as height or weight fall into normal distributions when measured in large numbers of people was initially documented by:

Who devised the computing formula now used to calculate correlation coefficients?

Which of the following was included among Galton's tests of "intelligence" at his 1884 Anthropometric laboratory?

In his studies of mental imagery,Galton was surprised by the number of reports from scientists indicating:

Galton's word association experiments may well have had an influence on:

If we randomly select 100 people and arrange them in order of height,which of the following pairs will probably show the greatest differences between their two heights?

Which of the following has not been a problem in conducting a definitive study of separated identical twins?

According to Galton's data in Hereditary Genius,which kinds of relatives are most likely to share the trait of eminence?

Studies of separated identical twins have had the purpose of measuring the "heritability" of various characteristics including IQ.That heritability figure is defined as:

"The science of improving stock,which…takes cognizance of all influences that tend in however remote a degree to give the more suitable races or strains of blood a better chance of prevailing speedily over the less suitable than they otherwise would have had," is a definition of the doctrine of:

In the 1920s behavioral geneticists realized that research on "separated" twins could be used to determine the "heritability" of any measurable trait,but only if certain conditions were met. Which of the following was not one of those conditions

Which of the following represents the strongest correlation coefficient?

Galton's scatter plots for the relationships between the heights of children and their parents showed that,on average:

When Galton studied his own associations,he discovered that:

Although Galton is best known to psychologists for his work on behavior genetics,statistical methods,and intelligence testing,he also contributed importantly to:

Francis Galton's formal academic training was primarily in the fields of:

In the 1960s British psychologist Sir Cyril Burt published a study on separated twins indicating that nature was much more important than nurture in determining intelligence.All of the following statements about Burt's study are true except:

The major purpose for which Galton devised the idea of intelligence tests was to:

Galton's personal conviction that differences in intellectual ability are largely innate arose in part because:

Foundational Ideas from Antiquity

Pioneering Philosophers of Mind: Descartes,Locke,and Leibniz

Physiologists of Mind: Brain Scientists from Gall to Penfield

The Sensing and Perceiving Mind: From Kant through the Gestalt Psychologists

Wundt and the Establishment of Experimental Psychology

The Evolving Mind: Darwin and His Psychological Legacy

American Pioneers: James, Hall, Calkins, and Thorndike

Psychology as the Science of Behavior: Pavlov,Watson,and Skinner

Social Influence and Social Psychology: From Mesmer to Milgram and Beyond

Mind in Conflict: Freudian Psychoanalysis and Its Successors

Psychology Gets "Personality": Allport,Maslow,and the Broadening Field

The Developing Mind: Binet,Piaget,and the Study of Intelligence

Minds,Machines,and Cognitive Psychology

Applying Psychology: From the Witness Stand to the Workplace

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