Deck 10: Intelligence

Question 1

Based on the research examining brain areas and intelligence,we can conclude that women's brains (as compared with men's brains)

A) show superior connectivity.
B) show superior information processing capacity.
C) are larger,but intelligence is identical for men and women.
D) have more grey matter and,therefore,less overall capacity.
E) are better suited for crystallized intelligence.

Answer 1

show superior connectivity.

Question 2

In order to examine your new intelligence test consisting of 10 different subscales,you conduct a factor analysis.The analysis yields two factors.Your results are most consistent with

A) Gardner's Multiple Intelligences.
B) Spearman's "g" factor theory of intelligence.
C) Sternberg's Triarchic theory of intelligence.
D) Thurstone's theory of Primary Mental Abilities.
E) Cattell-Horn's theory of intelligence.

Answer 2

Cattell-Horn's theory of intelligence.

Question 3

Juan is 8 years old and has a mental age of 10.What is Juan's IQ?

A) 100
B) 80
C) 125
D) 115
E) cannot tell from this information

Answer 3

125

Question 4

According to Sternberg's Triarchic theory of intelligence,the components that are used to plan and regulate task processes are called

A) knowledge components.
B) performance components.
C) metacomponents.
D) crystallized components.
E) sequencing components.

Question 5

Juan has a mental age of 8 and an IQ of 80.How old is Juan?

A) 10
B) 5
C) 8
D) 12
E) cannot tell from this information

Question 6

If you were on the selection committee for your university's medical school,your best measure of a successful candidate would be to have test results from

A) school grades and an achievement test.
B) school grades and an aptitude test.
C) school grades only.
D) IQ results only.
E) aptitude tests and GRE results.

Question 7

Anita has a good ability to solve novel problems,but she does not have a lot of previously acquired knowledge.Anita is most likely

A) young,with good crystallized intelligence.
B) old,with not very much "g" factor.
C) young,with good fluid intelligence.
D) old,with good fluid intelligence.
E) old,with many primary mental abilities.

Question 8

In Carroll's three-stratum model of cognitive abilities,the most general level of ability (stratum III)corresponds to

A) Gardner's Multiple Intelligences.
B) Spearman's "g" factor theory of intelligence.
C) Sternberg's Triarchic theory of intelligence.
D) Thurstone's theory of Primary Mental Abilities.
E) Guilford's theory of Measurable Intelligence.

Question 9

Which of the following theories of intelligence include bodily-kinesthetic intelligence,musical intelligence,and understanding oneself and others as important components of intelligence?

A) Gardner's multiple intelligences.
B) Spearman's "g" factor theory of intelligence.
C) Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence.
D) Thurstone's theory of primary mental abilities.
E) Guilford's theory of measurable intelligence.

Question 10

Juan has a mental age of 10 and an IQ of 125.How old is Juan?

A) 10
B) 5
C) 8
D) 12
E) cannot tell from this information

Question 11

The Wechsler scales are important because they measure ____________ abilities.

A) verbal
B) deviation IQ
C) mental age
D) non-verbal (i.e.perceptual)
E) both verbal and non-verbal

Question 12

An individual who is very good at decoding non-verbal expressions is likely to be high in

A) crystallized intelligence.
B) fluid intelligence.
C) performance intelligence.
D) emotional intelligence.
E) aptitude.

Question 13

You are interested in testing women's cognitive and motor abilities.All things considered,test scores will be higher when

A) levels of estrogen and progesterone are high.
B) levels of estrogen and progesterone are low.
C) the women tested are all heterosexual.
D) the tests involve target-directed throwing.
E) none of the above should affect test scores in any way.

Question 14

A psychologist tests a group of students with an intelligence test.After 6 months she retests the same group of students with the same intelligence test and finds that there is a high correlation (+.85)between each student's pair of scores over the 6-month interval.Based on her findings we can conclude that the intelligence test has

A) good test-retest reliability.
B) poor internal consistency.
C) good face validity.
D) poor interjudge reliability.
E) inadequate construct validity.

Question 15

Both the intellectually gifted and the intellectually disabled need

A) constant assessment of abilities.
B) an environment that is free from stimulation.
C) special educational opportunities.
D) musical training.
E) mainstreaming.

Question 16

In order to examine how "good" your new test of intelligence is,you look at the correlations among the items in each of the subscales.You are examining

A) interjudge reliability.
B) internal consistency.
C) test-retest reliability.
D) construct validity.
E) content validity.

Question 17

Although researchers disagree about the cause of ethnic group differences in intelligence,most do agree that

A) intelligence tests are biased.
B) there are reliable differences in IQ between groups.
C) ethnic group differences are overshadowed by sex differences.
D) outcome bias is more likely than predictive bias.
E) there are no true mental abilities.

Question 18

Professor Flynn gave an exam to his class on the material in chapter 10 of the text,but all of the items on the test came from only the first 3 pages of the chapter.Flynn's exam suffers from

A) content validity.
B) criterion-related validity.
C) construct validity.
D) internal consistency.
E) test-retest reliability.

Question 19

Every now and then,IQ scores have to be recalibrated.This is due to

A) the Flynn effect.
B) the lack of standardization.
C) problems with static testing.
D) problems with dynamic testing.
E) cultural bias.

Question 20

In order to examine your new intelligence test consisting of 10 different subscales,you conduct a factor analysis.The analysis yields one factor.Your results are most consistent with

A) Gardner's Multiple Intelligences.
B) Spearman's "g" factor theory of intelligence.
C) Sternberg's Triarchic theory of intelligence.
D) Thurstone's theory of Primary Mental Abilities.
E) Guilford's theory of Measurable Intelligence.

Question 21

Which of the following is FALSE according to Cattell's theory of fluid and crystallized intelligence?

A) There is little difference between fluid and crystallized intelligence across the life span.
B) While crystallized intelligence may improve across the life span,fluid does not.
C) Crystallized intelligence is related to long-term memory.
D) Fluid intelligence is related to short-term memory.
E) Fluid intelligence requires the ability to reason abstractly and think logically.

Question 22

The concept of mental age is not really used in modern tests of intelligence.Why is this the case?

A) mental age cannot be measured accurately
B) mental age is appropriate for children,but is not really applicable to adults
C) mental age does not reliably show up in factor analysis
D) while the WAIS uses mental age,the WISC does not
E) mental age cannot be normally distributed

Question 23

Many researchers believe that intelligence is related to neural efficiency.Which of the following does NOT provide support for this suggestion?

A) There are modest relations between speed of neural response and intelligence test scores.
B) High scorers on intelligence tests use less glucose when solving problems.
C) Brain plasticity may be related to crystallized intelligence.
D) Intelligence is related to speed of processing.
E) Glucose consumption increases in people who score high on intelligence tests.

Question 24

Professor Randall has created a new test of intelligence,but when looking at the criterion-related validity,the test seems to work well for women,but not for men.Randall's test suffers from

A) a lack of fluid measures.
B) culture fairness.
C) sex difference bias.
D) predictive bias.
E) outcome bias.

Question 25

If you wanted to administer an intelligence test to a group of individuals with learning disabilities and to make sure that you tested the limits of their competency you should probably use

A) dynamic testing.
B) static testing.
C) emotional testing.
D) normative presentation.
E) an aptitude test.