Question 1

Blacks have been found to score lower on tests of verbal aptitude when tested by Whites than when tested by Blacks.This best illustrates the impact of

Accepted Answer

A)  polygenetics. 
B)  predictive validity. 
C)  stereotype threat. 
D)  the growth mind-set

Question 2

Psychological tests show that 18-year-old Isaiah has an intelligence score of 65.Nevertheless,Isaiah can,with a few seconds of mental calculation,accurately tell the day of the week on which Christmas falls for any year in this century.It would be fair to conclude that

Accepted Answer

A)  the intelligence test Isaiah was given has no validity. 
B)  intelligence tests are generally good measures of verbal but not of mathematical intelligence. 
C)  Isaiah is a person with savant syndrome. 
D)  Isaiah excels in existential intelligence.

Question 3

In the early twentieth century,the U.S.government developed intelligence tests to evaluate newly arriving immigrants.Poor test scores among immigrants who were not of Anglo-Saxon heritage were attributed by some psychologists of that day to

Accepted Answer

A)  stereotype threat. 
B)  innate mental inferiority. 
C)  savant syndrome. 
D)  differences in cultural experiences.

Question 4

Students' verbal scores on the SAT correlate ________ with their subsequent verbal scores on the GRE.Students' math scores on the SAT correlate ________ with their subsequent math scores on the GRE.

Accepted Answer

A)  only modestly;very strongly 
B)  very strongly;only modestly 
C)  only modestly;only modestly 
D)  very strongly;very strongly

Question 5

Researchers at one point in time assess and compare the performance of different age groups on the SAT.The procedure used in this research best illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)  a cross-sectional study. 
B)  a cohort study. 
C)  a longitudinal study. 
D)  the Flynn effect.

Question 6

Older adults outperformed younger adults in their responses to New York Times crossword puzzles.The superior performance of these older adults best illustrates the value of

Accepted Answer

A)  cohorts. 
B)  fluid intelligence. 
C)  cross-sectional studies 
D)  crystallized intelligence.

Question 7

Although Nicole scored well above average on an academic aptitude test,she frequently loses her temper and needlessly antagonizes even her best friends.Her behavior best illustrates a low level of

Accepted Answer

A)  street smarts. 
B)  the g factor. 
C)  creative intelligence. 
D)  emotional intelligence.

Question 8

Compared with Gardner,Sternberg has identified ________ independent dimensions of intelligence,and his forms of intelligence have been ________ reliably measured.

Accepted Answer

A)  more;more 
B)  fewer;less 
C)  more;less 
D)  fewer;more

Question 9

If a test yields consistent results every time it is used,it has a high degree of

Accepted Answer

A)  standardization. 
B)  predictive validity. 
C)  reliability. 
D)  content validity.

Question 10

Psychologist Carol Dweck believes that training students to believe that intelligence is changeable,not fixed,can help them develop ________,in which students attribute their successes to hard work,not to fixed intelligence.

Accepted Answer

A)  their general intelligence 
B)  their epigenetics 
C)  their polygenetics 
D)  a growth mind-set

Question 11

Self-fulfilling expectations are most likely to be triggered by

Accepted Answer

A)  the Flynn effect. 
B)  epigenetics. 
C)  polygenetics. 
D)  stereotype threat.

Question 12

Dr.Wie assesses the correlation between scores obtained on two halves of his new test measuring the ability to make interracial facial identifications.He is checking the ________ of his new test.

Accepted Answer

A)  reliability 
B)  validity 
C)  norms 
D)  variability

Question 13

In addition to an overall intelligence score,the WAIS provides separate scores for such skills as

Accepted Answer

A)  reasoning aptitude. 
B)  creative thinking. 
C)  working memory. 
D)  vocational fitness.

Question 14

Carla and Nathan want to enhance their infant's cognitive development through early exposure to a variety of special educational lessons.Research has demonstrated that

Accepted Answer

A)  there is no environmental recipe for fast forwarding a normal infant into a genius. 
B)  that these efforts will decrease the chance of increasing their child's intelligence. 
C)  the more these parents spend on special educational programs the greater the advancements in the child's intelligence. 
D)  these educational programs will work but the parents need find the right program with the right instructors.

Question 15

Researchers assessed the stability of SAT scores by repeatedly giving the test to the same group of individuals over a 6-year period.The procedure used in this research best illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)  a cohort study. 
B)  a longitudinal study. 
C)  a correlational study 
D)  a cross-sectional study.

Question 16

J.McVicker Hunt began a program of tutored human enrichment in an Iranian orphanage.This program trained caregivers to

Accepted Answer

A)  ignore babies' crying. 
B)  imitate babies' babbling. 
C)  calculate babies' intelligence quotients. 
D)  do all of these things.

Question 17

One reason older adults are less likely than younger adults to embrace new computer technologies involves the decline in ________ that occurs during adulthood.

Accepted Answer

A)  accumulated knowledge 
B)  fluid intelligence 
C)  verbal skills 
D)  crystallized intelligence

Question 18

Today's researchers have identified many different chromosomal regions important to intelligence.This indicates that intelligence

Accepted Answer

A)  is adaptive. 
B)  is completely genetic. 
C)  is polygenetic. 
D)  depends on the family-environment effect.

Question 19

Intelligence tests are most likely to be considered culturally biased in terms of their

Accepted Answer

A)  content validity. 
B)  predictive validity. 
C)  social construction. 
D)  heritability.

Question 20

About ________ percent of WAIS scores fall between 70 and 130.

Accepted Answer

A)  30 
B)  60 
C)  70 
D)  95

Exam 11: Intelligence