Deck 8: Intelligence

Question 1

If 6-year-old Mary correctly answers all of the questions on a standardized intelligence test that a typical 8-year-old could answer,she would have a(n)_________ of 8.

A) IQ
B) mental age
C) chronological age
D) normal distribution

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Multiple intelligence is an innovative educational attempt by Howard Gardner and others to encourage the development of a range of intelligences in young children.Which one of the statements below would not be characteristic of this approach?

A) Materials are rich and engaging.
B) Materials are labeled as to which intelligence they are addressing,that is,"sensory" or "verbal."
C) Materials are used that relate to a combination of intelligences.
D) There are 12 areas set up in the classroom that are designed to improve children's multiple intelligences.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What is the formula for the intelligence quotient?

A) IQ = MA/CA × 100
B) IQ = CA/MA × 100
C) IQ = MA/CA ÷ 100
D) IQ = CA/MA ÷ 100

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which represents one of the major reasons that intelligence is a difficult concept to define?

A) It is too concrete.
B) It does not appear to have any real importance.
C) It can only be measured by indirect means.
D) There is uncertainty over whether it is inherited or learned.

Question 5

An individual's level of mental development relative to others is called the

A) mental age.
B) chronological age.
C) developmental level.
D) intelligence quotient.

Question 6

Bill is 6 years old and has a mental age of 8.What is his IQ?

A) 6
B) 80
C) 100
D) 133

Question 7

________________________ are the stable,consistent ways in which people are different from each other.

A) Verbal abilities
B) Spatial abilities
C) Individual differences
D) Problem-solving abilities

Question 8

The ability to solve problems and to adapt and learn from new experiences is identified as ______.

A) information
B) intelligence
C) internalization
D) itemization

Question 9

The first intelligence test was developed by

A) Therman.
B) Stanford.
C) Wechsler.
D) Simon and Binet.

Question 10

Seven-year-old Cody is found to have a mental age of 14.What is his IQ?

A) 70
B) 100
C) 140
D) 200

Question 11

Intelligence can only be evaluated indirectly by

A) studying the intelligence acts that people perform.
B) comparing the intelligence acts that people perform.
C) Both of these.
D) None of these.

Question 12

If 11-year-old William's mental age is also 11,then

A) his IQ would be 100.
B) he would be considered bright.
C) his IQ would be 121.
D) he would be considered dull.

Question 13

If Jaedyn's mental age and her chronological age are the same,what is her IQ?

A) 50
B) 75
C) 100
D) 120

Question 14

What did William Stern devise?

A) 1912 scale
B) developmental quotient
C) intelligence quotient
D) infant intelligence test

Question 15

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

A) 9
B) 80
C) 100
D) 125

Question 16

Which of the following questions has generated controversies about intelligence?

A) Is intelligence more strongly influenced by heredity or by environment?
B) Is there cultural bias in intelligence testing?
C) Are intelligence tests misused?
D) All of the above questions have generated controversy.

Question 17

Which is not part of the text definition of intelligence?

A) verbal ability
B) adaptability
C) problem-solving skills
D) spatial representation

Question 18

Who originally devised the concept of intelligence quotient?

A) Alfred Binet
B) Sir Francis Galton
C) David Wechsler
D) William Stern

Question 19

The stable and consistent ways that people are different from one another describes

A) Gardner's theory.
B) individual differences.
C) Binet's testing.
D) cognitive challenges.

Question 20

What was Binet and Simon's 1905 intelligence scale originally designed to identify?

A) a person's intelligence quotient
B) whether thinking skills are inherited or learned
C) potential careers for graduating high-school seniors
D) children who might have problems in school

Question 21

Nine-year-old Amir has developed study skills that help him succeed in school.Sternberg would argue that this skill is best identified with __________ intelligence.

A) general
B) practical
C) creative
D) analytical

Question 22

Intelligence measured by the Stanford-Binet approximates a ________ distribution.

A) mental
B) chronological
C) normal
D) skewed

Question 23

If you were informed that the most appropriate test assessing Kim's intelligence was the WAIS-III,you would most accurately conclude that Kim was a(n)

A) preschooler.
B) second grader.
C) eighth grader.
D) adult.

Question 24

Howard Gardner is associated with the _________ theory.

A) two-factor
B) multiple-factor
C) multiple intelligence
D) triarchic theory.

Question 25

Austin has just finished taking a Stanford-Binet intelligence test.According to Sternberg,this test will only provide Austin's _________ intelligence.

A) specific
B) practical
C) creative
D) analytical

Question 26

Gannon scores high in the creative area of Sternberg's theory.This may tell his teacher that he will

A) not relate well to school demands.
B) have positive social skills and common sense.
C) do well as an entrepreneur.
D) relate to all of these.

Question 27

Emily is a renowned poet who can be in a seemingly ordinary situation and later compose a highly creative poem that seems full of insight into that situation.According to Sternberg,Emily has exceptional __________ intelligence.

A) general
B) practical
C) creative
D) analytical

Question 28

According to Robert Sternberg,intelligence comes in what forms?

A) analytical
B) practical
C) creative
D) All of these.

Question 29

All of the following are components of Sternberg's definition of intelligence,except

A) analytical.
B) creative.
C) experimental.
D) practical.

Question 30

As a school psychologist,you are asked to assess the intellectual abilities of 4-year-old Edad.Which exam would be the most appropriate for him?

A) WAIS-III
B) WPPSI-III
C) WISC-IV
D) APGAR

Question 31

Despite the links between IQ and academic achievement and occupational success,it is important to keep in mind that many other factors contribute to success in school and work.Which one of the following is not mentioned in your text as a factor that contributes to success in school and work?

A) motivation to succeed
B) physical and mental health
C) number of people in one's family
D) social skills

Question 32

According to Sternberg,students with high analytic ability

A) do well in classes in which the teacher lectures and gives objective tests.
B) typically get good grades.
C) do well on traditional IQ tests
D) All of these.

Question 33

Anthony has an IQ of 89 and Joseph has an IQ of 112.If these scores are from the Stanford-Binet test,then

A) Joseph is older than Anthony.
B) Joseph is considered gifted and Anthony is considered dull.
C) Anthony and Joseph both fall in the "normal" range.
D) Joseph is considered 23 percent more intelligent than Anthony.

Question 34

The current Stanford-Binet is given to individuals from the age of

A) 3 through adolescence.
B) 6 through adolescence.
C) 2 through adulthood.
D) 6 through adulthood.

Question 35

Who developed the triarchic theory of intelligence?

A) Alfred Binet
B) Robert Sternberg
C) Charles Spearman
D) Howard Gardner

Question 36

Which of the following does not belong with the others?

A) Howard Gardner
B) multiple intelligence
C) insightful skills for analyzing others
D) two-factor theory

Question 37

The Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence is used to test children from the ages of

A) 2 years to 6 years 5 months.
B) 3 ½ years to 5 ½ years.
C) 1 to 6 ½.
D) 2 ½ years to 7 years 3 months.

Question 38

The Wechsler scales consist of

A) verbal subtests only.
B) nonverbal subtests only.
C) a total IQ score only.
D) both verbal and nonverbal subtests,as well as an overall IQ score.

Question 39

What do the subtest and composite scores of the Wechsler scales allow the examiner to do?

A) Determine the achievement level of the individual.
B) Determine the IQ score of the individual.
C) Determine the areas in which the individual is strong or weak.
D) Determine the happiness of the individual.

Question 40

In order for intelligence tests to be effective,they should

A) be used as the sole evaluation tool.
B) never be relied upon for results.
C) always be administered individually.
D) be used in conjunction with other information about the individual.

Question 41

The IQ is to the Stanford-Binet as the ______ is to the Gesell scale.

A) normal distribution
B) developmental quotient
C) validity rating
D) Apgar score

Question 42

___________________ is associated with emotional intelligence.

A) Gardner
B) Sternberg
C) Goleman
D) Therman

Question 43

The story of Larry P.,a young man who,following a grade-school IQ test,was placed into a special education room category but later filed a lawsuit for incorrect labeling.This illustrates the idea that

A) early life trauma can adversely affect one's intellectual abilities.
B) mental retardation need not limit one's educational pursuits.
C) culturally biased tests often lead to incorrect assessments of members of minority populations.
D) adolescent intellectual ability is not a good predictor of later life occupation.

Question 44

Which of the following is not a component of the Bayley Scales of Infant Development?

A) motor scale
B) adaptive scale
C) mental scale
D) behavior-rating scale

Question 45

Impoverished environments intervention

A) is connected to low-income family situations.
B) works to improve the quality of life for parent and child.
C) provides the child with an enriched environment.
D) All of these.

Question 46

Which one of the following is not an example of Gardner's eight types of intelligence?

A) verbal skills
B) bodily-kinesthetic skills
C) intrapersonal skills
D) All of the above are examples of Gardner's eight types of intelligence.

Question 47

According to Gardner,which statement is true regarding the eight types of intelligence?

A) A person must have at least half of the eight intelligences in order to be considered normal.
B) A person must have verbal and mathematical skills and the others are not very important.
C) A person must have the same level of achievement in all eight types in order to be considered gifted.
D) Everyone has all of these intelligences but to varying degrees and we learn and process in different ways.

Question 48

An overall developmental score that combines subscores in the motor,language,adaptive,and personal-social domains in the Gesell assessment of infants is called the

A) intelligence quotient.
B) developmental quotient.
C) infant profile.
D) neonatal assessment score.

Question 49

Brain imaging has shown higher intelligence is linked to

A) brain size.
B) neurological function speed.
C) neural networks in frontal and parietal lobes.
D) All of these.

Question 50

Which of the following is not an example of cultural bias in testing?

A) favoring urban rather than rural children
B) favoring middle-socioeconomic rather than low-socioeconomic children
C) favoring one ethnic group over another
D) None of these.

Question 51

Your pediatrician has just examined your 6-month-old son.In his report the doctor writes,"Motor skills are adequate,language is developmentally appropriate,adaptive and personal-social characteristics are developmentally on time." Given this information,your son was likely assessed using the

A) Gesell scale.
B) WPPSI-III.
C) Bayley Scales of Infant Development.
D) Stanford-Binet intelligence test.

Question 52

_________________________ is the anxiety that one's behavior might confirm a negative stereotype about one's group.For example,when African Americans take an intelligence test,they may experience anxiety about confirming the old stereotype that they are "intellectually inferior."

A) Stereotype advantage
B) Stereotype threat
C) Anxiety setback
D) Full anticipation

Question 53

___________________________ intelligence testing aims to avoid cultural bias.

A) Culture-fair
B) Culture-bias
C) Bias-resistant
D) Socioeconomic improvement

Question 54

The Abecedarian Project at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an example of early

A) intervention for gifted children.
B) home intervention for prenatal babies.
C) intervention that produces an improvement in children's IQ if they are intellectually stimulated.
D) intervention for wealthy children.

Question 55

Which of the following was not identified as one of the major controversial issues concerning intelligence?

A) nature versus nurture determinants of intelligence
B) use and misuse of intelligence tests
C) IQ versus DQ scoring systems
D) gender and ethnic differences in intelligence

Question 56

In an assessment class,Sophia is asked to review both an intelligence test and a developmental scale.What would Sophia likely conclude following her review?

A) Intelligence tests require more types of stimuli.
B) Developmental scales are more effective in predicting high-school academic performance.
C) Intelligence tests are harder to administer.
D) Developmental scales place more emphasis on perceptual motor skill development.

Question 57

Most modern attempts to improve the intellectual environments of impoverished children have focused on

A) programs that educate parents to be sensitive caregivers and provide teachers with support services.
B) educational remediation.
C) providing money to families.
D) encouraging families to use day care.

Question 58

______________________ is defined by Salovey and Mayer as the ability to monitor one's own and other's feelings and emotions,to discriminate among them,and to use this information to guide one's thinking and action.

A) Multiple-intelligence approach
B) Emotional intelligence
C) Gardner's theory
D) Sternberg's theory

Question 59

A test designed to include some socially based items but eliminate those items more familiar to members of a particular cultural or ethnic group is referred to as

A) content-free.
B) culture-fair.
C) culture-bound.
D) context-fair.

Question 60

If Dr.Proctor tells you that she is about to administer a developmental scale,you would conclude that she is working with a(n)

A) infant.
B) mentally retarded student.
C) gifted student.
D) adult.

Question 61

Who of the following would typically be considered "gifted" in most school systems?

A) Lauren,who has an IQ of 115 and no superior talents
B) Fran,who has an IQ of 100 but is an outstanding writer
C) Ollie,who has an IQ of 121 and is an outstanding artist
D) None of these would be considered gifted.

Question 62

Faye just received a high score on her Bayley Scales of Infant Development test.Given this information,what can you predict?

A) Faye will receive a high IQ score on subsequent intelligence tests.
B) Faye is highly verbal.
C) Faye is likely in preschool.
D) You cannot make accurate predictions about her future intellectual abilities.

Question 63

___________________ and _____________________ are two extremes of intelligence and creativity.

A) Mental retardation; giftedness
B) Refer to page 243
B) Triarchic theory; frames of the mind
C) Mental retardation; frames of the mind
D) Both A and

Question 64

At age 8,Anna takes an intelligence test and is found to have an IQ of 100.Two years later,Anna again takes the same test.If Anna is typical,you would predict that her IQ score on the second test would be about

A) 80.
B) 100.
C) 120.
D)

Question 65

________________________ is(are)a condition(s)of limited mental ability in which the individual has a low IQ,usually below 70 and difficulty adapting to everyday life.

A) Learning disability
B) Mental retardation
C) Deficits in adaptive behavior
D) Giftedness

Question 66

________________________ is a technique in which children are encouraged to come up with creative ideas in a group,play off each other's ideas,and say practically whatever comes to mind.

A) Redressing
B) Rehearsal
C) Brainstorming
D) Concept elimination

Question 67

Which one of the following infant tests is correlated with measures of intelligence in older children? For example,measures of habituation and dishabituation predict intelligence in childhood and adolescence.

A) Fagan Test of Infant Intelligence
B) Bayley Scales of Infant Development
C) Gesell test
D) Stanford-Binet IQ test

Question 68

African American,Latino,and Native American students tend to have fewer students in gifted programs compared to non-Latino White and Asian American children.This underrepresentation may be due to

A) less opportunity for vocabulary skill building.
B) decreased language comprehension opportunities.
C) testing bias for this population.
D) All of these.

Question 69

How are intelligence and creativity related?

A) Most intelligent people are creative.
B) Most creative people are intelligent.
C) There is an inverse relationship between creativity and intelligence.
D) Intelligence and creativity are unrelated.

Question 70

Gardner and Sternberg are among the contemporary theorists related to intelligence.Compare and contrast their views about intelligence.

Question 71

For a teacher working with a group of primary-grade children,which of the following is not a strategy for accomplishing the goal of helping children become more creative?

A) having children engage in brainstorming and come up with as many ideas as possible
B) providing children with stark environments so they can create their own environments
C) being careful not to overcontrol
D) encouraging internal motivation

Question 72

Tests for ___________________ contain more items related to perceptual-motor development and measures of social interaction,and contain fewer verbal measures.

A) infants
B) primary-grade children
C) intermediate-grade children
D) adolescent children

Question 73

Deliberate practice in terms of giftedness is a practice that

A) occurs at a level of difficulty for the individual.
B) provides corrective
C) allows opportunity for repetition.
D) All of these.

Question 74

The ____________________________ focuses on the infant's ability to process information in such ways as encoding the attributes of object,detecting similarities and differences between objects,forming mental representations,and retrieving these representations.

A) Bayley Scales of Infant Development
B) Gesell test
C) Fagan Test of Infant Intelligence
D) Stanford-Binet IQ test

Question 75

What can be concluded about the stability and change of intelligence in childhood?

A) Intelligence test scores can fluctuate dramatically across the childhood years.
B) Intelligence is not as stable as the original intelligence theorists envisioned.
C) Children have the capacity for intellectual change but they do not become entirely new intelligent beings.
D) All of the above can be concluded.

Question 76

Recent research has indicated a decline in creative thinking among U.S.schoolchildren.A reason cited for this decrease is

A) increased TV viewing.
B) decreased emphasis on creative thinking.
C) increased video gaming.
D) All of these.

Question 77

Which of the following is not a characteristic of gifted children?

A) precocity
B) passion to master
C) ability to conform
D) marching to their own drummer

Question 78

______________________ is the ability to think about something in novel and unusual ways and come up with unique solutions to problems.

A) Creativity
B) Functional fixedness
C) General intelligence
D) Convergent thinking

Question 79

Paula is concerned about the intellectual development of her 4-year-old daughter Connie,so she has her tested by her pediatrician.When summarizing his findings,the doctor uses phrases such as "genetic problems," "brain damage," and "IQ of 40." Based on this information,you would expect that Connie

A) is mildly retarded.
B) is profoundly retarded.
C) is a cultural-familial retardate.
D) has a condition that is likely due to organic reasons.

Question 80

If you are asked to answer a question and you are instructed,"There is only one correct answer," you might logically conclude that the item is assessing

A) creativity.
B) divergent thinking.
C) general intelligence.
D) convergent thinking.