Question 1

Who has the highest IQ?

Accepted Answer

A) Clarissa,with a mental age of 9 and a chronological age of 9. 
B) Matt,with a mental age of 9 and a chronological age of 10. 
C) Cecilee,with a mental age of 9 and a chronological age of 7. 
D) Morgan,with a mental age of 7 and a chronological age of 7. 
A) Clarissa,with a mental age of 9 and a chronological age of 9. 
B) Matt,with a mental age of 9 and a chronological age of 10. 
C) Cecilee,with a mental age of 9 and a chronological age of 7. 
D) Morgan,with a mental age of 7 and a chronological age of 7.

Question 2

When Sheila joins the Air Force,she is given a test to determine which specialty she is most likely to succeed in.Although Sheila had hoped to be trained be an aircraft engineer,her test results suggest she would be a better radar operator.This is an example of how ____________ tests are used.

Accepted Answer

A) intelligence 
B) aptitude 
C) Stanford-Binet 
D) achievement 
A) intelligence 
B) aptitude 
C) Stanford-Binet 
D) achievement

Question 3

A high-tech company successfully hired 50 new employees,each of whom scored very high on a standardized achievement test.The employees were assigned to different jobs based on the needs of the company.By the end of the year,half were either reassigned or fired.Which is the most likely explanation for this outcome?

Accepted Answer

A) The company should not have assumed intelligent people are needed for high-tech jobs. 
B) The achievement test was not reliable. 
C) The company should have given an aptitude test to determine who should work in which sector. 
D) The company's test was culturally biased. 
A) The company should not have assumed intelligent people are needed for high-tech jobs. 
B) The achievement test was not reliable. 
C) The company should have given an aptitude test to determine who should work in which sector. 
D) The company's test was culturally biased.

Question 4

The difference between the intelligence scores of African Americans and Asian Americans has been estimated to be as high as ___ points.

Accepted Answer

A) 5 
B) 10 
C) 15 
D) 25 
A) 5 
B) 10 
C) 15 
D) 25

Question 5

What score indicates how one individual compares to others on an intelligence test?

Accepted Answer

A) intelligence quotient 
B) deviation 
C) intelligence component 
D) mental estimate 
A) intelligence quotient 
B) deviation 
C) intelligence component 
D) mental estimate

Question 6

__________ percent of the population has IQ scores between 70 and 130.

Accepted Answer

A) Sixty-five 
B) Seventy-five 
C) Eighty-five 
D) Ninety-five 
A) Sixty-five 
B) Seventy-five 
C) Eighty-five 
D) Ninety-five

Question 7

Which of the following is not a reason why intelligence is divisible into both fluid and crystallized forms?

Accepted Answer

A) The two types are not equally affected in old age. 
B) Valid and unique tests for each type have been developed. 
C) Intelligence tests are difficult to score if problems are not divided into categories. 
D) The two types of intelligence can more fully capture the complex and individualized ways that people express their cognitive skills. 
A) The two types are not equally affected in old age. 
B) Valid and unique tests for each type have been developed. 
C) Intelligence tests are difficult to score if problems are not divided into categories. 
D) The two types of intelligence can more fully capture the complex and individualized ways that people express their cognitive skills.

Question 8

What does the Flynn effect refer to?

Accepted Answer

A) The increase in average IQ test scores over decades 
B) The decrease in average IQ test scores over decades 
C) The higher IQ test average scores for Asian Americans compared to European Americans 
D) The lower IQ test average scores for African Americans compared to European Americans 
A) The increase in average IQ test scores over decades 
B) The decrease in average IQ test scores over decades 
C) The higher IQ test average scores for Asian Americans compared to European Americans 
D) The lower IQ test average scores for African Americans compared to European Americans

Question 9

According to the authors of your textbook,______________ bias can lead researchers to interpret correlational data in a way that supports their preexisting beliefs.

Accepted Answer

The answer of According to the authors of your textbook,______________...

Question 10

Galton developed anthropometrics as a means to measure intelligence based on _____.

Accepted Answer

A) creativity 
B) speed and perception 
C) physical size and body type 
D) brain convolution 
A) creativity 
B) speed and perception 
C) physical size and body type 
D) brain convolution

Question 11

Which of the following is an environmental explanation for differences between male and female cognitive abilities?

Accepted Answer

A) differences in estrogen and testosterone levels 
B) differences in social treatment 
C) genes located on the x chromosome 
D) genes located on the y chromosome 
A) differences in estrogen and testosterone levels 
B) differences in social treatment 
C) genes located on the x chromosome 
D) genes located on the y chromosome

Question 12

Who would have supported the notion that intelligence resulted from a single ability and could be represented by a single test score?

Accepted Answer

A) Gardner 
B) Spearman 
C) Sternberg 
D) Thurstone 
A) Gardner 
B) Spearman 
C) Sternberg 
D) Thurstone

Question 13

_____ refers to the steady population level increases in intelligence test scores over time.

Accepted Answer

A) Fluid intelligence 
B) The Flynn effect 
C) The triarchic theory 
D) The reliability effect 
A) Fluid intelligence 
B) The Flynn effect 
C) The triarchic theory 
D) The reliability effect

Question 14

Which of the following is true regarding the relationship between nutrition and intelligence?

Accepted Answer

A) There is no correlation between intelligence and nutrition. 
B) There is a relationship between intelligence and nutrition,but only when comparing children living in poverty and those in affluent households. 
C) Even when comparing children who come from affluent households,there is evidence for a relationship between healthy eating and intelligence. 
D) Intelligence is correlated with the number of calories consumed,but not the nutritional value of a child's diet. 
A) There is no correlation between intelligence and nutrition. 
B) There is a relationship between intelligence and nutrition,but only when comparing children living in poverty and those in affluent households. 
C) Even when comparing children who come from affluent households,there is evidence for a relationship between healthy eating and intelligence. 
D) Intelligence is correlated with the number of calories consumed,but not the nutritional value of a child's diet.

Question 15

____________ intelligence allows people to solve problems that they have not previously experienced,while _____________ intelligence involves applying previous experience and knowledge to solving a problem.

Accepted Answer

A) Crystallized; fluid 
B) Fluid; crystallized 
C) Analytical; practical 
D) Practical; Analytical 
A) Crystallized; fluid 
B) Fluid; crystallized 
C) Analytical; practical 
D) Practical; Analytical

Question 16

How do gene knockout studies help to identify the contribution of specific genes to intelligence?

Accepted Answer

A) After removing or suppressing a portion of genetic material,scientists can look for changes in intelligence. 
B) After inserting genetic material,scientists can see how intelligence has changed. 
C) Scientists can rank animals in terms of intelligence,and then see how the most intelligent animals differ genetically from the least intelligent. 
D) By allowing scientists to compare identical and fraternal twins. 
A) After removing or suppressing a portion of genetic material,scientists can look for changes in intelligence. 
B) After inserting genetic material,scientists can see how intelligence has changed. 
C) Scientists can rank animals in terms of intelligence,and then see how the most intelligent animals differ genetically from the least intelligent. 
D) By allowing scientists to compare identical and fraternal twins.

Question 17

Which of the following is true regarding the study of the heritability of intelligence?

Accepted Answer

A) The study of intelligence and its heritability is only a few decades old. 
B) The study of heritability has not changed very much over the last 50 years. 
C) The study of intelligence and its heritability is over a hundred years old. 
D) Modern research on the heredity focuses almost exclusively on ethnicity. 
A) The study of intelligence and its heritability is only a few decades old. 
B) The study of heritability has not changed very much over the last 50 years. 
C) The study of intelligence and its heritability is over a hundred years old. 
D) Modern research on the heredity focuses almost exclusively on ethnicity.

Question 18

What is the IQ of a 10-year-old with a mental age of 8?

Accepted Answer

A) 125 
B) 80 
C) 1)25 
D) 0)8 
A) 125 
B) 80 
C) 1)25 
D) 0)8

Question 19

Whose theory suggests that Tiger Woods's ability to hit a golf ball might be considered a form of intelligence?

Accepted Answer

A) Spearman 
B) Galton 
C) Binet 
D) Gardner 
A) Spearman 
B) Galton 
C) Binet 
D) Gardner

Question 20

The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale provides a Full Scale IQ measurement,but also breaks intelligence into which two indices?

Accepted Answer

A) General Ability and Cognitive Proficiency 
B) Emotional Intelligence and Academic Intelligence 
C) Visual and Auditory 
D) Achievement and Aptitude 
A) General Ability and Cognitive Proficiency 
B) Emotional Intelligence and Academic Intelligence 
C) Visual and Auditory 
D) Achievement and Aptitude

Who has the highest IQ?

When Sheila joins the Air Force,she is given a test to determine which specialty she is most likely to succeed in.Although Sheila had hoped to be trained be an aircraft engineer,her test results suggest she would be a better radar operator.This is an example of how ____________ tests are used.

The difference between the intelligence scores of African Americans and Asian Americans has been estimated to be as high as ___ points.

What score indicates how one individual compares to others on an intelligence test?

__________ percent of the population has IQ scores between 70 and 130.

Which of the following is not a reason why intelligence is divisible into both fluid and crystallized forms?

What does the Flynn effect refer to?

According to the authors of your textbook,______________ bias can lead researchers to interpret correlational data in a way that supports their preexisting beliefs.

Galton developed anthropometrics as a means to measure intelligence based on _____.

Which of the following is an environmental explanation for differences between male and female cognitive abilities?

Who would have supported the notion that intelligence resulted from a single ability and could be represented by a single test score?

_____ refers to the steady population level increases in intelligence test scores over time.

Which of the following is true regarding the relationship between nutrition and intelligence?

intelligence allows people to solve problems that they have not previously experienced,while _ intelligence involves applying previous experience and knowledge to solving a problem.

How do gene knockout studies help to identify the contribution of specific genes to intelligence?

Which of the following is true regarding the study of the heritability of intelligence?

What is the IQ of a 10-year-old with a mental age of 8?

Whose theory suggests that Tiger Woods's ability to hit a golf ball might be considered a form of intelligence?

The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale provides a Full Scale IQ measurement,but also breaks intelligence into which two indices?

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Biological Psychology

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Consciousness

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Exam 9: Intelligence, aptitude, and Cognitive Abilities

Who has the highest IQ?

When Sheila joins the Air Force,she is given a test to determine which specialty she is most likely to succeed in.Although Sheila had hoped to be trained be an aircraft engineer,her test results suggest she would be a better radar operator.This is an example of how ____________ tests are used.

The difference between the intelligence scores of African Americans and Asian Americans has been estimated to be as high as ___ points.

What score indicates how one individual compares to others on an intelligence test?

__________ percent of the population has IQ scores between 70 and 130.

Which of the following is not a reason why intelligence is divisible into both fluid and crystallized forms?

What does the Flynn effect refer to?

According to the authors of your textbook,______________ bias can lead researchers to interpret correlational data in a way that supports their preexisting beliefs.

Galton developed anthropometrics as a means to measure intelligence based on _____.

Which of the following is an environmental explanation for differences between male and female cognitive abilities?

Who would have supported the notion that intelligence resulted from a single ability and could be represented by a single test score?

_____ refers to the steady population level increases in intelligence test scores over time.

Which of the following is true regarding the relationship between nutrition and intelligence?

____________ intelligence allows people to solve problems that they have not previously experienced,while _____________ intelligence involves applying previous experience and knowledge to solving a problem.

How do gene knockout studies help to identify the contribution of specific genes to intelligence?

Which of the following is true regarding the study of the heritability of intelligence?

What is the IQ of a 10-year-old with a mental age of 8?

Whose theory suggests that Tiger Woods's ability to hit a golf ball might be considered a form of intelligence?

The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale provides a Full Scale IQ measurement,but also breaks intelligence into which two indices?

Introducing Psychological Science

Reading and Evaluating Scientific Research

Biological Psychology

Sensation and Perception

Consciousness

Learning

Memory

Thought and Language

Life Span Development

Motivation and Emotion

Personality

Psychological Disorders

Therapies

Social Psychology

Krause and Corts

Krause and Corts

Filters

intelligence allows people to solve problems that they have not previously experienced,while _ intelligence involves applying previous experience and knowledge to solving a problem.