Question 1

How many years ago were psychological assessments first used on a large scale?

Accepted Answer

A) 100 
B) 150 
C) 200 
D) 4,000 
A) 100 
B) 150 
C) 200 
D) 4,000

Question 2

Which of the following most likely constitutes a violation of standardization when administering a test?

Accepted Answer

A) All test takers are given the same form to fill out. 
B) Due to excessive noise,some students are allowed to take more time to finish the test. 
C) The same set of instructions are read to everyone who is taking the test. 
D) Those taking the test are reminded of the amount of time left for the test,at 15-minute intervals. 
A) All test takers are given the same form to fill out. 
B) Due to excessive noise,some students are allowed to take more time to finish the test. 
C) The same set of instructions are read to everyone who is taking the test. 
D) Those taking the test are reminded of the amount of time left for the test,at 15-minute intervals.

Question 3

An 8-year-old child who has a mental age of ten will have an IQ of 80.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

A 5-year-old child has taken Alfred Binet's test of intelligence,and his parents have just been told that his mental age is nine.What does this score indicate?

Accepted Answer

A) his chronological age is nine. 
B) he is less intelligent than most 9-year-olds. 
C) his score equals the score of the average 9-year-old. 
D) he is developmentally disabled. 
A) his chronological age is nine. 
B) he is less intelligent than most 9-year-olds. 
C) his score equals the score of the average 9-year-old. 
D) he is developmentally disabled.

Question 5

A boy who is 10 years old has just tested at a mental age of eight.What would his IQ be using Terman's formula for deriving this number?

Accepted Answer

A) 80 
B) 100 
C) 125 
D) The score is impossible to determine from the given information. 
A) 80 
B) 100 
C) 125 
D) The score is impossible to determine from the given information.

Question 6

According to a large-scale study of more than 26,000 children,what are the best predictors of a child's IQ at age four?

Accepted Answer

A) the family's socioeconomic status and the level of the mother's education. 
B) the family's spiritual beliefs and the degree of social support. 
C) the family's physical and mental well-being. 
D) the age of the parents and the degree of familial support. 
A) the family's socioeconomic status and the level of the mother's education. 
B) the family's spiritual beliefs and the degree of social support. 
C) the family's physical and mental well-being. 
D) the age of the parents and the degree of familial support.

Question 7

Norms are a uniform set of procedures for treating each participant in a test,interview,or experiment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

A totally unreliable test results in a correlation coefficient of 0.00.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The correlation between IQ scores of identical twins raised together is found to be +.85 and the correlation between IQ scores of identical twins reared apart is found to be +.70.What is the most likely source of the .15 difference found between the two groups?

Accepted Answer

A) the impact of genetics. 
B) the impact of the environment. 
C) sampling errors. 
D) validity of the assessment tool. 
A) the impact of genetics. 
B) the impact of the environment. 
C) sampling errors. 
D) validity of the assessment tool.

Question 10

Several decades ago,the gap between the IQ scores of African Americans and White Americans was estimated to be about 15 IQ points.What do contemporary studies reveal about the gap?

Accepted Answer

A) It is approximately 20 points. 
B) It is 15 points. 
C) It is between 8 and 11 points. 
D) It is nonexistent. 
A) It is approximately 20 points. 
B) It is 15 points. 
C) It is between 8 and 11 points. 
D) It is nonexistent.

Question 11

According to Raymond Cattell,general intelligence can be broken down into two relatively independent components,which he called and intelligence.

Accepted Answer

crystalliz

Question 12

The project director for the latest test that is being developed informs her assistant that,because of certain concerns,she wants to use an internal consistency measure of reliability for this test.What approach should the assistant take?

Accepted Answer

A) give the test two different times to two different groups of people. 
B) give the test two different times to the same group of people. 
C) give the test only once. 
D) compare the odd-numbered questions in the first testing with the odd-numbered questions on the second testing. 
A) give the test two different times to two different groups of people. 
B) give the test two different times to the same group of people. 
C) give the test only once. 
D) compare the odd-numbered questions in the first testing with the odd-numbered questions on the second testing.

Question 13

Martina was asked to derive the IQ score for one of her friends.If Martina used Terman's concept of an IQ,how would she proceed?

Accepted Answer

A) add mental age to chronological age and divide the result by 100. 
B) add 110 to mental age and then divide the result by chronological age. 
C) divide mental age by chronological age and multiply the result by 100. 
D) add chronological age to mental age and multiply the result by 100. 
A) add mental age to chronological age and divide the result by 100. 
B) add 110 to mental age and then divide the result by chronological age. 
C) divide mental age by chronological age and multiply the result by 100. 
D) add chronological age to mental age and multiply the result by 100.

Question 14

In the language of assessment,which term refers to a test that measures what an assessor intends it to measure?

Accepted Answer

A) reliable. 
B) valid. 
C) standardized. 
D) invariant. 
A) reliable. 
B) valid. 
C) standardized. 
D) invariant.

Question 15

A woman has many limitations with respect to her adaptive skills and an IQ of 65.According to the system in use today,she would be classified as intellectually disabled.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

A valuable quality of heritability estimates is that,once a heritability estimate has been computed within a given group,it can be used to interpret differences between groups.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Sir Francis Galton wrote the book Hereditary Genius,started the eugenics movement,and suggested a number of controversial ideas concerning the nature of intelligence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

When it was developed in the early 1900s,the IQ was the ratio of to
multiplied by 100.

Accepted Answer

mental age

Question 19

All children who are 5-years-old will,by definition,have a mental age of five.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Discuss Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences,listing and describing the eight categories of intelligence.How is emotional intelligence related to his concepts of interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligence?

Accepted Answer

Include logical-mathematical,linguistic,

Exam 10: A: Intelligence and Intelligence Assessment

How many years ago were psychological assessments first used on a large scale?

Which of the following most likely constitutes a violation of standardization when administering a test?

An 8-year-old child who has a mental age of ten will have an IQ of 80.

A 5-year-old child has taken Alfred Binet's test of intelligence,and his parents have just been told that his mental age is nine.What does this score indicate?

A boy who is 10 years old has just tested at a mental age of eight.What would his IQ be using Terman's formula for deriving this number?

According to a large-scale study of more than 26,000 children,what are the best predictors of a child's IQ at age four?

Norms are a uniform set of procedures for treating each participant in a test,interview,or experiment.

A totally unreliable test results in a correlation coefficient of 0.00.

The correlation between IQ scores of identical twins raised together is found to be +.85 and the correlation between IQ scores of identical twins reared apart is found to be +.70.What is the most likely source of the .15 difference found between the two groups?

Several decades ago,the gap between the IQ scores of African Americans and White Americans was estimated to be about 15 IQ points.What do contemporary studies reveal about the gap?

According to Raymond Cattell,general intelligence can be broken down into two relatively independent components,which he called and intelligence.

The project director for the latest test that is being developed informs her assistant that,because of certain concerns,she wants to use an internal consistency measure of reliability for this test.What approach should the assistant take?

Martina was asked to derive the IQ score for one of her friends.If Martina used Terman's concept of an IQ,how would she proceed?

In the language of assessment,which term refers to a test that measures what an assessor intends it to measure?

A woman has many limitations with respect to her adaptive skills and an IQ of 65.According to the system in use today,she would be classified as intellectually disabled.

A valuable quality of heritability estimates is that,once a heritability estimate has been computed within a given group,it can be used to interpret differences between groups.

Sir Francis Galton wrote the book Hereditary Genius,started the eugenics movement,and suggested a number of controversial ideas concerning the nature of intelligence.

When it was developed in the early 1900s,the IQ was the ratio of to multiplied by 100.

All children who are 5-years-old will,by definition,have a mental age of five.

Discuss Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences,listing and describing the eight categories of intelligence.How is emotional intelligence related to his concepts of interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligence?

Psychology and Life

A: Psychology and Life

Research Methods in Psychology

A: Research Methods in Psychology

The Biological Bases of Behaviour

A: Evolutionary Psychology

Sensation and Perception

A: the Biological Bases of Behaviour

Mind,consciousness,and Alternate States

A: Sensation and Perception

Learning and Bahaviour Analysis

A: Mind,consciousness,and Alternate States

Memory

A: Learning and Bahaviour Analysis

Cognitive Processes

A: Memory

Intelligence and Intelligence Assessment

A: Cognitive Processes

Human Development Across the Life Span

Motivation

A: Human Development Across the Life Span

Emotion,stress,and Health

A: Emotion,stress,and Health

Understanding Human Personality

A: Understanding Human Personality

Psychological Disorders

A: Psychological Disorders

Social Psychology

A: Social Psychology

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