Exam 9: A--Intelligence

Intelligence quotient (IQ) tests are used to measure an individual's probable performance in school and similar settings. Name the two most widely-used adult intelligence tests and explain the principle of adaptive testing.

Psychologists now agree that Spearman's g is best explained as the single ability of mental speed.

____________________ is a possible explanation for the Flynn effect.

The reliability of a test is defined as the repeatability of its scores.

The reliability of a psychological test is practically the same thing as its ____________________.

There are four theories of intelligence presented in your text. Select two of the four theories and name the theory, the theorist, and the key idea associated with the theory.

Raven's Progressive Matrices test is designed to reduce the influence of ____________________ on test scores.

In addition to being reliable and valid, any test should also be unbiased-that is, equally fair for all groups. A biased test overstates or understates the true performance of one or more groups. Stereotype threat is one type of influence that may bias a test. Define stereotype threat and describe the findings from Claude Steele's classic study on stereotype threat.

The finding that tests of intelligence (as well as other kinds of cognitive tests) are positively correlated with one another is consistent with Spearman's concept of g.

On average, people with high IQ scores have fewer car accidents than people with low IQ scores.

The ____________________ is the phenomenon that raw scores on IQ tests have been increasing from decade to decade.

To get separate scores on a number of separate abilities, use the ____________________ IQ test. To measure abilities more fairly in people who do not speak English, use the ____________________ test.

One of the reasons that test makers have to repeatedly restandardize IQ tests is due to the Flynn effect. Describe the Flynn effect. What do test makers have to do with test questions to address the Flynn effect? Given the restandardizing that test-makers have to do, what would you expect to happen to your IQ test if you took the test now and again in 25 years?

The Wechsler Intelligence Scales for children (WISC-IV) provide scores in four major categories.

The process of establishing rules for administering a test and for interpreting its scores is known as ____________________.

The goal of the first intelligence tests was to identify the LEAST capable children, those who could not learn from ordinary schooling.

I administer an intelligence test and find that left-handed people score higher than right-handed people. Researchers should conclude that this test is biased against right-handed people.

Identical twins typically are ____________________ similar in intelligence than fraternal twins, fraternal twins typically are ____________________ similar in intelligence than single birth siblings.

Standard IQ tests attempt to measure crystallized intelligence.

Irving has answered 92 questions correctly on a newly devised IQ test. To decide whether this score is above average or below average, psychologists must determine the ____________________ of the test.