Question 1

Who proposed that an examinee's performance on a intelligence test is determined mainly by two influences: g, the pervasive general factor, and s, a factor specific to the test or subtest?

Accepted Answer

A)  Piaget 
B)  Wechsler 
C)  Spearman 
D)  Guilford

Question 2

On the WISC-IV, which subtests) load on the perceptual reasoning factor?

Accepted Answer

A)  Picture Concepts 
B)  Matrix Reasoning 
C)  Block Design 
D)  all of the above

Question 3

Typically, the Wechsler tests contain how many subtests?

Accepted Answer

A)  2 
B)  5-6 
C)  14-15 
D)  18

Question 4

According to Gardner, personal intelligence is

Accepted Answer

A)  intrapersonal 
B)  interpersonal 
C)  both a and b 
D)  neither a nor b

Question 5

Factual knowledge of persons, places, and common phenomena is tested by the________ subtest.

Accepted Answer

A)  Comprehension 
B)  Similarities 
C)  Picture Completion 
D)  Information

Question 6

What one has already learned through the investment of fluid intelligence in cultural settings is

Accepted Answer

A)  fluid intelligence 
B)  crystallized intelligence 
C)  general intelligence 
D)  spatial ability

Question 7

An)___________ definition defines a concept in terms of the way it is measured.

Accepted Answer

A)  constructivist 
B)  empirical 
C)  real 
D)  operational

Question 8

According to Sternberg, a person with good_______ intelligence is able to deal effectively with novel tasks.

Accepted Answer

A)  componential 
B)  experiential 
C)  contextual 
D)  fluid

Question 9

Spearman's theory of intelligence was

Accepted Answer

A)  derived from factor analysis 
B)  physiological in emphasis 
C)  based upon a single general factor 
D)  all of the above

Question 10

Suppose that you observe that you are having more trouble learning X than learning Y. In the language of information-processing theories, this is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  state-dependent learning 
B)  memory limitations 
C)  hardware limitations 
D)  metacognition

Question 11

The naming of factors depends upon

Accepted Answer

A)  statistical analysis 
B)  reasoned judgment 
C)  the name of the test with the highest loading 
D)  inferring what non-loading tests share in common

Question 12

In factor analysis, it is desirable to have a minimum of subjects) for each test or variable.

Accepted Answer

A)  1 
B)  5 
C)  10 
D)  100

Question 13

The KBIT-II consists of two scales:

Accepted Answer

A)  Vocabulary and Matrices 
B)  Verbal and Nonverbal 
C)  Vocabulary and Performance 
D)  Verbal and Matrices

Question 14

According to Sternberg, the ability to leave the environment we are in and to find a different environment more suitable to our talents and needs is known as

Accepted Answer

A)  selection 
B)  meta-cognition 
C)  componential reasoning 
D)  adaptation

Question 15

"A general ability that involves mainly the eduction of relations and correlates" was the definition of intelligence offered by

Accepted Answer

A)  Spearman 
B)  Binet & Simon 
C)  Wechsler 
D)  Sternberg

Question 16

Vernon's two major group factors are

Accepted Answer

A)  verbal-educational and practical-mechanical 
B)  verbal-educational and practical-social 
C)  verbal-social and practical-spatial 
D)  verbal-social and practical-physical

Question 17

In an information-processing theory of intelligence, the executive system is akin to

Accepted Answer

A)  computer hardware 
B)  computer software 
C)  the computer programmer 
D)  the architectural system

Question 18

The KBIT-2 is normed for examinees ages

Accepted Answer

A)  3 to 5 
B)  3 to 10 
C)  3 to 16 
D)  3 to 90

Question 19

Broadly speaking, the experts tend to agree that intelligence is:

Accepted Answer

A)  the capacity to learn from experience 
B)  the capacity to adapt to one's environment 
C)  both a and b 
D)  neither a nor b

Question 20

In factor analyses of the Wechsler tests, this subtest frequently loads on a third factor variously interpreted as "freedom from distractibility" or "memory."

Accepted Answer

A)  Arithmetic 
B)  Vocabulary 
C)  Comprehension 
D)  Similarities

Exam 5: Theories and Individual Tests of Intelligence and Achievement