Question 1

The WAIS-III test is given to __________; the WISC-IV test is given to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  English-speaking people...people who speak other languages 
B)  adults.. children up to age 16 
C)  people of normal intelligence...people of above-average intelligence 
D)  people with visual handicaps...people with hearing handicaps 
A)  English-speaking people...people who speak other languages 
B)  adults.. children up to age 16 
C)  people of normal intelligence...people of above-average intelligence 
D)  people with visual handicaps...people with hearing handicaps B

Question 2

Someone with an IQ score of 130 is in the 98th percentile. This means he or she

Accepted Answer

A)  answered 130 questions correctly. 
B)  answered 98 questions correctly. 
C)  answered 98% of the questions correctly. 
D)  did better than 98% of the people his or her age who took the test. 
A)  answered 130 questions correctly. 
B)  answered 98 questions correctly. 
C)  answered 98% of the questions correctly. 
D)  did better than 98% of the people his or her age who took the test. D

Question 3

A 10-year-old boy who has an IQ of 70 on the Stanford-Binet performed

Accepted Answer

A)  as well as the average 10-year-old. 
B)  significantly below that of the average 10-year-old. 
C)  better than 70% of other 10-year-olds. 
D)  somewhat below that of the average 10-year-old. 
A)  as well as the average 10-year-old. 
B)  significantly below that of the average 10-year-old. 
C)  better than 70% of other 10-year-olds. 
D)  somewhat below that of the average 10-year-old. B

Question 4

If you want to predict the grades for a group of first-year graduate students in physics, you can generally predict better from their GRE verbal scores than from their GRE quantitative scores. The main explanation for this observation is that

Accepted Answer

A)  physics graduate students vary much in their verbal scores and only slightly in their quantitative scores. 
B)  the verbal part of the GRE has a higher reliability than the quantitative part does. 
C)  the first year of graduate school concentrates more on verbal materials than it does on quantitative materials, even in physics. 
D)  the mean verbal score is higher than the mean quantitative score, even for physics graduate students. 
A)  physics graduate students vary much in their verbal scores and only slightly in their quantitative scores. 
B)  the verbal part of the GRE has a higher reliability than the quantitative part does. 
C)  the first year of graduate school concentrates more on verbal materials than it does on quantitative materials, even in physics. 
D)  the mean verbal score is higher than the mean quantitative score, even for physics graduate students.

Question 5

Which of the following is the strongest evidence supporting the belief that differences among people in their IQ scores are related in part to differences in heredity?

Accepted Answer

A)  There is a high positive correlation between the IQ of children and the IQs of their parents. 
B)  Children adopted by high-IQ parents generally develop higher IQ scores than do children adopted by low-IQ parents. 
C)  Children generally have approximately the same IQ score at age 8 that they will have in adulthood. 
D)  There is a high correlation in IQ between identical twins who have been adopted by different parents and reared in different environments. 
A)  There is a high positive correlation between the IQ of children and the IQs of their parents. 
B)  Children adopted by high-IQ parents generally develop higher IQ scores than do children adopted by low-IQ parents. 
C)  Children generally have approximately the same IQ score at age 8 that they will have in adulthood. 
D)  There is a high correlation in IQ between identical twins who have been adopted by different parents and reared in different environments.

Question 6

The difference between the IQs of African and European-Americans

Accepted Answer

A)  has been increasing in the last few years. 
B)  is about 25 points on the Wechsler tests. 
C)  predicts differences in their school grades. 
D)  is not caused by environmental differences. 
A)  has been increasing in the last few years. 
B)  is about 25 points on the Wechsler tests. 
C)  predicts differences in their school grades. 
D)  is not caused by environmental differences.

Question 7

Of the following pairs of twins, which pair will probably resemble each other the most with regard to their IQ scores?

Accepted Answer

A)  a pair of fraternal twins who always knew they were fraternal 
B)  a pair of fraternal twins who mistakenly thought they were identical 
C)  a pair of identical twins who mistakenly thought they were fraternal 
D)  All three of these pairs will resemble each other to the same extent. 
A)  a pair of fraternal twins who always knew they were fraternal 
B)  a pair of fraternal twins who mistakenly thought they were identical 
C)  a pair of identical twins who mistakenly thought they were fraternal 
D)  All three of these pairs will resemble each other to the same extent.

Question 8

Which of the following would indicate that a particular item on a test is biased against women?

Accepted Answer

A)  Less than half of all women answer the item correctly; less than half of all men answer it correctly. 
B)  Someone says that it looks as if the item would be more difficult for women than it is for men. 
C)  It is known that the item was written by a man without any advice from women. 
D)  The item correlates highly with overall test performance for men, but poorly with overall performance for women. 
A)  Less than half of all women answer the item correctly; less than half of all men answer it correctly. 
B)  Someone says that it looks as if the item would be more difficult for women than it is for men. 
C)  It is known that the item was written by a man without any advice from women. 
D)  The item correlates highly with overall test performance for men, but poorly with overall performance for women.

Question 9

If people of different generations took the same IQ test, standardized long ago and not restandardized, today's young adults would score, on the average:

Accepted Answer

A)  higher than their parents or grandparents. 
B)  higher than their parents but lower than their grandparents. 
C)  about the same as their parents and grandparents. 
D)  lower than their parents and about the same as their grandparents. 
A)  higher than their parents or grandparents. 
B)  higher than their parents but lower than their grandparents. 
C)  about the same as their parents and grandparents. 
D)  lower than their parents and about the same as their grandparents.

Question 10

A test claims to measure intelligence. How could you measure the reliability of the test?

Accepted Answer

A)  Examine the content of the items to see whether it agrees with standard descriptions of intelligence. 
B)  Determine whether people who score high on the test are more likely than others to do well in school. 
C)  Determine whether the mean score and the range are about the same for various groups of people. 
D)  Give the test repeatedly and see whether each person's scores are consistent. 
A)  Examine the content of the items to see whether it agrees with standard descriptions of intelligence. 
B)  Determine whether people who score high on the test are more likely than others to do well in school. 
C)  Determine whether the mean score and the range are about the same for various groups of people. 
D)  Give the test repeatedly and see whether each person's scores are consistent.

Question 11

What evidence did Spearman cite to support his concept of a "g" factor in intelligence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mean performance on IQ tests rises until age 14-20, and then begins to decline. 
B)  Changes in the instructions can alter the mean performance of various groups. 
C)  Mean performance on IQ tests has been rising from one generation to the next. 
D)  Most people who do well on one intellectual task do well on others tasks also. 
A)  Mean performance on IQ tests rises until age 14-20, and then begins to decline. 
B)  Changes in the instructions can alter the mean performance of various groups. 
C)  Mean performance on IQ tests has been rising from one generation to the next. 
D)  Most people who do well on one intellectual task do well on others tasks also.

Question 12

An IQ test is "biased" against members of some group if the people in that group

Accepted Answer

A)  do better in school than their scores predict they will. 
B)  have lower scores, on average, than members of some other group. 
C)  believe that the test questions are unfair. 
D)  report greater life satisfaction than we would expect based on their scores. 
A)  do better in school than their scores predict they will. 
B)  have lower scores, on average, than members of some other group. 
C)  believe that the test questions are unfair. 
D)  report greater life satisfaction than we would expect based on their scores.

Question 13

The reliability of most IQ tests is .90 or higher. This means that the tests

Accepted Answer

A)  measure what they claim to measure (intelligence). 
B)  measure something (whatever) in a repeatable manner. 
C)  measure at least 90% of each person's capacity. 
D)  have a standard deviation almost as large as the mean. 
A)  measure what they claim to measure (intelligence). 
B)  measure something (whatever) in a repeatable manner. 
C)  measure at least 90% of each person's capacity. 
D)  have a standard deviation almost as large as the mean.

Question 14

The main evidence for the existence of a "g" factor in intelligence is the fact that

Accepted Answer

A)  young adults ordinarily get higher test scores than do either children or older adults. 
B)  identical twins usually get similar scores on intelligence tests. 
C)  intelligence tests have several parts, and people who do well on one part generally do well on other parts also. 
D)  people who do well on an intelligence test today will probably do well when they take a similar test again later. 
A)  young adults ordinarily get higher test scores than do either children or older adults. 
B)  identical twins usually get similar scores on intelligence tests. 
C)  intelligence tests have several parts, and people who do well on one part generally do well on other parts also. 
D)  people who do well on an intelligence test today will probably do well when they take a similar test again later.

Question 15

IQ tests were originally designed to predict school performance. Recent research has shown that IQ tests

Accepted Answer

A)  do a poor job of predicting school performance. 
B)  do a good job of predicting school performance but a poor job of predicting anything else. 
C)  do a good job of predicting school performance and also predict other "real life" outcomes such as car accidents. 
D)  have such low reliability they do not predict anything satisfactorily. 
A)  do a poor job of predicting school performance. 
B)  do a good job of predicting school performance but a poor job of predicting anything else. 
C)  do a good job of predicting school performance and also predict other "real life" outcomes such as car accidents. 
D)  have such low reliability they do not predict anything satisfactorily.

Question 16

The WAIS-III is a test of __________ developed for __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  personality; children 
B)  intelligence; adults 
C)  intelligence; children 
D)  interests; adults 
A)  personality; children 
B)  intelligence; adults 
C)  intelligence; children 
D)  interests; adults

Question 17

The WAIS-III and WISC-IV have one advantage over the Raven's Progressive Matrices test, which is that the WAIS-III and WISC-IV

Accepted Answer

A)  provide scores on a number of separate abilities. 
B)  do not ask questions about any specific information. 
C)  are more fair to people who do not speak English. 
D)  are more fair to people who for some reason must work slowly. 
A)  provide scores on a number of separate abilities. 
B)  do not ask questions about any specific information. 
C)  are more fair to people who do not speak English. 
D)  are more fair to people who for some reason must work slowly.

Question 18

Why do critics complain about questions on IQ tests that ask for factual information?

Accepted Answer

A)  such questions do not predict performance in school 
B)  such items measure knowledge, not necessarily ability 
C)  factual knowledge is unrelated to problem-solving ability 
D)  these questions fail to differentiate among people who take the tests 
A)  such questions do not predict performance in school 
B)  such items measure knowledge, not necessarily ability 
C)  factual knowledge is unrelated to problem-solving ability 
D)  these questions fail to differentiate among people who take the tests

Question 19

Which of the following was an attempt to devise an IQ test that makes minimal use of language and is more fair to people with various cultural and language backgrounds?

Accepted Answer

A)  Stanford-Binet test 
B)  Raven's Progressive Matrices 
C)  Wechsler test 
D)  MMPI 
A)  Stanford-Binet test 
B)  Raven's Progressive Matrices 
C)  Wechsler test 
D)  MMPI

Question 20

One early intervention, providing music lessons to young children, suggest that children with music training show

Accepted Answer

A)  a slight decline in IQ while learning the instrument, with long-lasting IQ advantages. 
B)  long-lasting advantages on athletic and music skills. 
C)  IQ increases beyond what we can explain in terms of parental income and education. 
D)  greater likelihood of enrolling in college. 
A)  a slight decline in IQ while learning the instrument, with long-lasting IQ advantages. 
B)  long-lasting advantages on athletic and music skills. 
C)  IQ increases beyond what we can explain in terms of parental income and education. 
D)  greater likelihood of enrolling in college.

Exam 9: Intelligence

The WAIS-III test is given to __________; the WISC-IV test is given to __________.

Someone with an IQ score of 130 is in the 98th percentile. This means he or she

A 10-year-old boy who has an IQ of 70 on the Stanford-Binet performed

If you want to predict the grades for a group of first-year graduate students in physics, you can generally predict better from their GRE verbal scores than from their GRE quantitative scores. The main explanation for this observation is that

Which of the following is the strongest evidence supporting the belief that differences among people in their IQ scores are related in part to differences in heredity?

The difference between the IQs of African and European-Americans

Of the following pairs of twins, which pair will probably resemble each other the most with regard to their IQ scores?

Which of the following would indicate that a particular item on a test is biased against women?

If people of different generations took the same IQ test, standardized long ago and not restandardized, today's young adults would score, on the average:

A test claims to measure intelligence. How could you measure the reliability of the test?

What evidence did Spearman cite to support his concept of a "g" factor in intelligence?

An IQ test is "biased" against members of some group if the people in that group

The reliability of most IQ tests is .90 or higher. This means that the tests

The main evidence for the existence of a "g" factor in intelligence is the fact that

IQ tests were originally designed to predict school performance. Recent research has shown that IQ tests

The WAIS-III is a test of __________ developed for __________.

The WAIS-III and WISC-IV have one advantage over the Raven's Progressive Matrices test, which is that the WAIS-III and WISC-IV

Why do critics complain about questions on IQ tests that ask for factual information?

Which of the following was an attempt to devise an IQ test that makes minimal use of language and is more fair to people with various cultural and language backgrounds?

One early intervention, providing music lessons to young children, suggest that children with music training show

What Is Psychology

A --What Is Psychology

Scientific Methods in Psychology

A--Scientific Methods in Psychology

Biological Psychology

A--Biological Psychology

Sensation and Perception

A--Sensation and Perception

Nature, Nurture, and Human Development

A--Nature, Nurture, and Human Development

Learning

A--Learning

Memory

A--Memory

Cognition and Language

A--Cognition and Language

A--Intelligence

Consciousness

A--Consciousness

Motivated Behaviors

A--Motivated Behaviors

Emotional Behaviors, Stress, and Health

A--Emotional Behaviors, Stress, and Health

Social Psychology

A--Social Psychology

Personality

A--Personality

Abnormality, Therapy, and Social Issues

A--Abnormality, Therapy, and Social Issues

Specific Disorders and Treatments

A--Specific Disorders and Treatments

Exam Extenssion: S 1-16--Final Examination

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The WAIS-III is a test of developed for .