Question 1

On early IQ tests boys did __________ girls on language tasks, and __________ girls on some visual-spatial and mathematical tasks.

Accepted Answer

A)  worse than...better than 
B)  equal to...better than 
C)  better than...worse than 
D)  worse than...worse than 
A)  worse than...better than 
B)  equal to...better than 
C)  better than...worse than 
D)  worse than...worse than

Question 2

A group of children are selected because they scored extremely high (over 145) on an IQ test. Psychologists test their performance again 4 years later only to find that most of them scored a bit lower the second time than the first time. Which of the following is the most likely (and the most parsimonious) explanation?

Accepted Answer

A)  The children got overconfident and did not try as hard the second time. 
B)  The children must have had some sort of unpleasant experience in school that caused their intelligence to decrease over time. 
C)  Nothing unusual happened, because all people's IQ scores decline over time. 
D)  The drop represents a random fluctuation in data based on a test with less than perfect reliability. 
A)  The children got overconfident and did not try as hard the second time. 
B)  The children must have had some sort of unpleasant experience in school that caused their intelligence to decrease over time. 
C)  Nothing unusual happened, because all people's IQ scores decline over time. 
D)  The drop represents a random fluctuation in data based on a test with less than perfect reliability.

Question 3

Suppose we measure the mean performance of healthy people of three generations on the Raven Progressive Matrices, reporting the absolute number of correct answers. What will we find?

Accepted Answer

A)  The youngest generation will score highest. 
B)  The intermediate generation will score highest. 
C)  The oldest generation will score highest. 
D)  All three generations will be equal, on the average. 
A)  The youngest generation will score highest. 
B)  The intermediate generation will score highest. 
C)  The oldest generation will score highest. 
D)  All three generations will be equal, on the average.

Question 4

One reason the Flynn effect is difficult to explain is because

Accepted Answer

A)  it has been so widespread we cannot compare where it occurs to where it has not. 
B)  the data have been so inconsistent, it is hard to find any patterns in the data. 
C)  it has only been documented in non-English speaking countries, and there have been difficulties in translation. 
D)  the effect no longer occurs, and the historical data do not explain why the effect used to take place. 
A)  it has been so widespread we cannot compare where it occurs to where it has not. 
B)  the data have been so inconsistent, it is hard to find any patterns in the data. 
C)  it has only been documented in non-English speaking countries, and there have been difficulties in translation. 
D)  the effect no longer occurs, and the historical data do not explain why the effect used to take place.

Question 5

Raven's Progressive Matrices represent one attempt to construct a

Accepted Answer

A)  culture-reduced IQ test. 
B)  test that measures both intelligence and personality. 
C)  test of IQ for infants. 
D)  test of intelligence for nonhuman animals. 
A)  culture-reduced IQ test. 
B)  test that measures both intelligence and personality. 
C)  test of IQ for infants. 
D)  test of intelligence for nonhuman animals.

Question 6

Under which of these circumstances would it be important for a psychologist to use Raven's Progressive Matrices (or a similar test) instead of, say, the WAIS-III or WISC-IV?

Accepted Answer

A)  The psychologist wants to record separate verbal and performance scores. 
B)  The person being tested has already gotten a high score on the Stanford-Binet IQ test. 
C)  The person being tested has just recently begun to learn English. 
D)  The psychologist wants to use a test with good reliability and validity. 
A)  The psychologist wants to record separate verbal and performance scores. 
B)  The person being tested has already gotten a high score on the Stanford-Binet IQ test. 
C)  The person being tested has just recently begun to learn English. 
D)  The psychologist wants to use a test with good reliability and validity.

Question 7

In order to measure the reliability of a test, an investigator determines

Accepted Answer

A)  whether the test is equally fair to all the people who take it. 
B)  whether scores on the test make useful predictions of some other behavior. 
C)  whether the items on the test represent the major topics that the test is supposed to cover. 
D)  whether the people who score high on the test one time will also score high the next time they take the test. 
A)  whether the test is equally fair to all the people who take it. 
B)  whether scores on the test make useful predictions of some other behavior. 
C)  whether the items on the test represent the major topics that the test is supposed to cover. 
D)  whether the people who score high on the test one time will also score high the next time they take the test.

Question 8

A test that has low predictive validity produces scores that

Accepted Answer

A)  vary randomly when a person takes the test several times. 
B)  are more fair to one group of people than to another. 
C)  improve only slightly with practice. 
D)  do not correlate strongly with performance on some other task. 
A)  vary randomly when a person takes the test several times. 
B)  are more fair to one group of people than to another. 
C)  improve only slightly with practice. 
D)  do not correlate strongly with performance on some other task.

Question 9

Suppose a psychologist wishes to test the intelligence of people who do not speak English. Which of these tests would be the most appropriate?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 10

If an IQ test has high predictive validity, then

Accepted Answer

A)  a psychologist can accurately guess what score someone will get before he or she has started on the test. 
B)  students who get good scores on the test will get even better scores if they take the test again. 
C)  the mean and standard deviation on the test are equal for all groups of people. 
D)  students who do well on the test also get good grades in school. 
A)  a psychologist can accurately guess what score someone will get before he or she has started on the test. 
B)  students who get good scores on the test will get even better scores if they take the test again. 
C)  the mean and standard deviation on the test are equal for all groups of people. 
D)  students who do well on the test also get good grades in school.

Question 11

A psychologist who gives a group of people the same test several times is probably trying to measure the __________ of the test.

Accepted Answer

A)  validity 
B)  standard deviation 
C)  reliability 
D)  utility 
A)  validity 
B)  standard deviation 
C)  reliability 
D)  utility

Question 12

A psychologist wishes to standardize a new IQ test. What is the first thing she should do?

Accepted Answer

A)  administer the test to a large random sample of the population 
B)  make the content of the test as similar as possible to other tests in the field 
C)  ask a number of experts in the field for their opinion of the content of the test 
D)  determine the predictive validity of the test 
A)  administer the test to a large random sample of the population 
B)  make the content of the test as similar as possible to other tests in the field 
C)  ask a number of experts in the field for their opinion of the content of the test 
D)  determine the predictive validity of the test

Question 13

One stereotype suggests that women are not strong in math, while a second stereotype suggests that Asians are very strong in math. Researchers examining stereotype threat gave female Asian American students a math test and found

Accepted Answer

A)  they did very poorly as a group. 
B)  they did very well as a group. 
C)  they performed well when their female status was highlighted. 
D)  they performed well when their Asian status was highlighted. 
A)  they did very poorly as a group. 
B)  they did very well as a group. 
C)  they performed well when their female status was highlighted. 
D)  they performed well when their Asian status was highlighted.

Question 14

IQ tests were originally devised to help identify

Accepted Answer

A)  prisoners who were ready for release. 
B)  applicants who should be chosen for particular jobs. 
C)  mental patients who were likely to improve. 
D)  children who belonged in special classes. 
A)  prisoners who were ready for release. 
B)  applicants who should be chosen for particular jobs. 
C)  mental patients who were likely to improve. 
D)  children who belonged in special classes.

Question 15

Intervention programs for children taken from extremely impoverished environments have shown that __________ can lead to significant, lasting benefits.

Accepted Answer

A)  even a short-term positive intervention 
B)  only intensive programs that last many hours per week over the course of several years 
C)  no known programs of intervention 
D)  meditation-based programs of intervention 
A)  even a short-term positive intervention 
B)  only intensive programs that last many hours per week over the course of several years 
C)  no known programs of intervention 
D)  meditation-based programs of intervention

Question 16

Which of the following is evidence for a biased test item?

Accepted Answer

A)  a judge suggests that African-American children may respond differently than European-American children because of differences in their cultures 
B)  the item is missed by most test-takers 
C)  the item correlates well with the entire test 
D)  the item correlates with the entire test better for one group than for another group 
A)  a judge suggests that African-American children may respond differently than European-American children because of differences in their cultures 
B)  the item is missed by most test-takers 
C)  the item correlates well with the entire test 
D)  the item correlates with the entire test better for one group than for another group

Question 17

What does "psychometric" mean?

Accepted Answer

A)  based on theory 
B)  based on measurements of individual differences 
C)  based on an analysis of motivation and emotion 
D)  based on the study of intelligence 
A)  based on theory 
B)  based on measurements of individual differences 
C)  based on an analysis of motivation and emotion 
D)  based on the study of intelligence

Question 18

Which of the following correlations is generally the highest?

Accepted Answer

A)  the correlation between the IQs of several unrelated children who were adopted and reared in the same family 
B)  the correlation between the IQs of unrelated people chosen at random 
C)  the correlation between the IQ of an adopted child and the IQs of that child's biological parents 
D)  the correlation between the IQ of an adopted child and the IQs of that child's adoptive parents 
A)  the correlation between the IQs of several unrelated children who were adopted and reared in the same family 
B)  the correlation between the IQs of unrelated people chosen at random 
C)  the correlation between the IQ of an adopted child and the IQs of that child's biological parents 
D)  the correlation between the IQ of an adopted child and the IQs of that child's adoptive parents

Question 19

According to Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence, three factors need to be considered when describing intelligence. Which of the factors below is NOT one of Sternberg's three factors?

Accepted Answer

A)  the age of the individual 
B)  the cognitive processes within the individual 
C)  the situations that require intelligence 
D)  the practical application in the outside world 
A)  the age of the individual 
B)  the cognitive processes within the individual 
C)  the situations that require intelligence 
D)  the practical application in the outside world

Question 20

The increase in raw IQ scores known as the Flynn effect has been shown to occur

Accepted Answer

A)  only in European Americans and not in other ethnic groups. 
B)  in men, but not in women. 
C)  in every country where it has been investigated. 
D)  only within the last 20 years. 
A)  only in European Americans and not in other ethnic groups. 
B)  in men, but not in women. 
C)  in every country where it has been investigated. 
D)  only within the last 20 years.

Exam 9: Intelligence

On early IQ tests boys did __________ girls on language tasks, and __________ girls on some visual-spatial and mathematical tasks.

Suppose we measure the mean performance of healthy people of three generations on the Raven Progressive Matrices, reporting the absolute number of correct answers. What will we find?

One reason the Flynn effect is difficult to explain is because

Raven's Progressive Matrices represent one attempt to construct a

Under which of these circumstances would it be important for a psychologist to use Raven's Progressive Matrices (or a similar test) instead of, say, the WAIS-III or WISC-IV?

In order to measure the reliability of a test, an investigator determines

A test that has low predictive validity produces scores that

Suppose a psychologist wishes to test the intelligence of people who do not speak English. Which of these tests would be the most appropriate?

If an IQ test has high predictive validity, then

A psychologist who gives a group of people the same test several times is probably trying to measure the __________ of the test.

A psychologist wishes to standardize a new IQ test. What is the first thing she should do?

One stereotype suggests that women are not strong in math, while a second stereotype suggests that Asians are very strong in math. Researchers examining stereotype threat gave female Asian American students a math test and found

IQ tests were originally devised to help identify

Intervention programs for children taken from extremely impoverished environments have shown that __________ can lead to significant, lasting benefits.

Which of the following is evidence for a biased test item?

What does "psychometric" mean?

Which of the following correlations is generally the highest?

According to Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence, three factors need to be considered when describing intelligence. Which of the factors below is NOT one of Sternberg's three factors?

The increase in raw IQ scores known as the Flynn effect has been shown to occur

What Is Psychology

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Nature, Nurture, and Human Development

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Learning

A--Learning

Memory

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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

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Abnormality, Therapy, and Social Issues

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Specific Disorders and Treatments

A--Specific Disorders and Treatments

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