Question 1

The idea that adult intelligence declines with age has been challenged most effectively by

Accepted Answer

A)   cross-sectional research.
B)   research on fluid intelligence.
C)   tests that assess recall memory.
D)   longitudinal research. D

Question 2

The original IQ formula would be LEAST appropriate for representing the intelligence test performance of

Accepted Answer

A)   kindergartners.
B)   grade school students.
C)   middle school students.
D)   university students. D

Question 3

Intelligence tests were initially designed by Binet and Simon to assess

Accepted Answer

A)   academic aptitude.
B)   divergent thinking.
C)   creativity.
D)   inductive reasoning. A

Question 4

Tests designed to assess what a person has learned are called ________ tests.

Accepted Answer

A)   factor analysis
B)   aptitude
C)   standardized
D)   achievement

Question 5

A longitudinal study is one in which

Accepted Answer

A)   different age groups are tested at the same time.
B)   different characteristics of a specific individual are assessed by a single test.
C)   different characteristics of a specific individual are assessed by multiple tests.
D)   the same group of people are tested and retested over a period of years.

Question 6

Which test has been demonstrated to be a highly reliable measure?

Accepted Answer

A)   Stanford-Binet
B)   WAIS
C)   WISC
D)   all of these tests

Question 7

Researchers assess the correlation between scores obtained on alternate forms of the same test in order to measure the ________ of the test.

Accepted Answer

A)   content validity
B)   predictive validity
C)   normal distribution
D)   reliability

Question 8

The Flynn effect best illustrates that the process of intelligence testing requires up-to-date

Accepted Answer

A)   factor analyses.
B)   standardization samples.
C)   reliability indices.
D)   genetic estimates.

Question 9

Down syndrome is a disorder of varying severity caused by

Accepted Answer

A)   prenatal viral infections.
B)   parental neglect during infancy.
C)   an extra copy of chromosome 21.
D)   a lack of sufficient oxygen at the time of birth.

Question 10

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 11

Hereditary Genius is the title of a book authored by

Accepted Answer

A)   James Flynn.
B)   David Wechsler.
C)   Francis Galton.
D)   Alfred Binet.

Question 12

The correlation is likely to be lowest between the

Accepted Answer

A)   Stanford-Binet IQ scores and grades of elementary schoolchildren.
B)   Wechsler intelligence scores and grades of high school students.
C)   SAT scores and grades of first-year college students.
D)   GRE scores and grades of graduate students.

Question 13

The stability of children's intelligence test scores over time is most positively correlated with their

Accepted Answer

A)   chronological age.
B)   mental age.
C)   intrinsic motivation.
D)   extrinsic motivation.

Question 14

When a person's test performance can be compared with that of a representative and pretested sample of people, the test is said to be

Accepted Answer

A)   reliable.
B)   standardized.
C)   valid.
D)   normally distributed.

Question 15

A bell-shaped pattern that characterizes the distribution of a large sample of intelligence test scores is a graphic representation of a

Accepted Answer

A)   factor analysis.
B)   normal curve.
C)   longitudinal scale.
D)   g factor.

Question 16

Assessing the stability of repeated intelligence test results gathered over the adult years of a single cohort would most clearly involve

Accepted Answer

A)   genetic estimates.
B)   a longitudinal study.
C)   factor analysis.
D)   a cross-sectional study.

Question 17

The French government commissioned Binet to develop an intelligence test that would

Accepted Answer

A)   demonstrate the innate intellectual superiority of western European races.
B)   effectively distinguish between practical and creative intelligence.
C)   provide an objective measure of teaching effectiveness in the public school system.
D)   reduce the need to rely on teachers' biased judgments of students' learning potential.

Question 18

Individuals who scored near 70 on earlier intelligence tests have scored ________ on more recent tests because the tests have been ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   lower; factor analyzed
B)   lower; restandardized
C)   higher; factor analyzed
D)   higher; restandardized

Question 19

After learning about his low score on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Gunter complained, "I don't believe that test is a measure of intelligence at all." Gunter's statement is equivalent to saying that the WAIS lacks

Accepted Answer

A)   standardization.
B)   reliability.
C)   validity.
D)   a normal distribution.

Question 20

The widespread improvement in intelligence test performance during the past century is called

Accepted Answer

A)   the bell curve.
B)   divergent thinking.
C)   the g factor.
D)   the Flynn effect.

Exam 30: A: Assessing Intelligence