Question 1

The process of establishing rules for administering a test and for interpreting its scores is known as ____________________.
standardization

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Question 2

Why do critics complain about questions on IQ tests that ask for factual information?

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A)  such questions do not predict performance in school
B)  such items measure knowledge,not necessarily ability
C)  factual knowledge is unrelated to problem-solving ability
D)  these questions fail to differentiate among people who take the tests

Question 3

Telling or reminding people,"your group usually doesn't do well on this kind of test" tends to impair most people's performance.This phenomenon is known as

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A)  construct validity.
B)  triarchic theory.
C)  cognitive dissonance.
D)  stereotype threat.

Question 4

In order to determine whether a particular item on an IQ test is biased against women,a psychologist would need to determine

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A)  whether performance on this item correlates with overall performance as highly for women as it does for men.
B)  whether the percentage of women who answer the item correctly is higher or lower than 50%.
C)  what were the intentions of the person who wrote the item and included it in the test.
D)  what percentage of women say that they think the item looks unfair.

Question 5

Robert Sternberg's theory regarding how a person processes information is called a ____________________ theory.
triarchic

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Question 6

Identical twins typically are ____________________ similar in intelligence than fraternal twins,fraternal twins typically are ____________________ similar in intelligence than single birth siblings.
more,more

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Question 7

On average,the IQ scores of fraternal twins correlate with each other more highly than do the IQ scores of identical twins.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

If a test has low predictive validity,then

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A)  someone who scores high one time will probably get a below-average score the next time.
B)  someone who scores high one time will probably get just an average score the next time.
C)  the test does not measure what it is supposed to measure.
D)  the questions have not yet been standardized on a large population.

Question 9

An experienced taxi driver becomes more and more skilled at finding various addresses within a city,without improving other kinds of intellectual skills.We can say that the driver has increased his or her:

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A)  fluid intelligence.
B)  standardized intelligence.
C)  crystallized intelligence.
D)  solid intelligence.

Question 10

The WAIS-III and the WISC-IV are tests of

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A)  creativity.
B)  personality.
C)  intelligence.
D)  interests.

Question 11

How can researchers determine whether or not an IQ test is biased against a certain group of people?

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A)  Measure whether the mean score has been increasing or decreasing over time for members of this group.
B)  Determine whether the group's mean score is as high as that of other people taking the test.
C)  Examine the questions and decide whether they appear to be unfair to this group.
D)  Determine whether members of the group perform better in school than their test scores predict.

Question 12

According to Raymond Cattell,the "g" factor in intelligence has two major components,____________________ and ____________________.
fluid,crystallized or
crystallized,fluid

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fluid,crys...

Question 13

Which of the following would be evidence that an IQ test is biased against women?

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A)  Women with a particular IQ score get better grades in school than men with the same score.
B)  The mean score on the test is higher for men than it is for women.
C)  The test was written entirely by men without any advice from women.
D)  Women who take the IQ test repeatedly get approximately the same score every time they take it.

Question 14

Which of the following types of evidence,if found,would offer the strongest support in favor of Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences?

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A)  Men score higher than women on mathematical ability,and women score higher than men on language ability.
B)  People with high scores on one ability tend to get high scores on other abilities.
C)  There is a strong genetic component to the g factor.
D)  The different skills reflect different underlying abilities,not simply crystallized intelligence.

Question 15

Adopted children generally have IQ scores __________ similar to those of their biological parents than to those of their adoptive parents;the similarity in IQ to the biological parents __________ as these adopted children grow older.

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A)  more...decreases
B)  more...increases
C)  less...decreases
D)  less...increases

Question 16

Intelligence quotient (IQ)tests are used to measure an individual's probable performance in school and similar settings.Name the two most widely-used adult intelligence tests and explain the principle of adaptive testing.

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The two most widely used adult intellige...

Question 17

Charles Spearman inferred the existence of a "g" (or general) factor in intelligence from the observation that

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A)  people's scores on intelligence tests correlate highly with measures of the size of their cerebral cortex.
B)  people who score high on a test one day are likely to score high again if they take the same test another time.
C)  people who do well on a test of one kind of intellectual ability generally do well on tests of other kinds also.
D)  the mean score on intelligence tests is the same in all countries.

Question 18

An IQ test is "biased" against members of some group if the people in that group

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A)  do better in school than their scores predict they will.
B)  have lower scores,on average,than members of some other group.
C)  believe that the test questions are unfair.
D)  report greater life satisfaction than we would expect based on their scores.

Question 19

In order to measure the reliability of a test,an investigator determines

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A)  whether the test is equally fair to all the people who take it.
B)  whether scores on the test make useful predictions of some other behavior.
C)  whether the items on the test represent the major topics that the test is supposed to cover.
D)  whether the people who score high on the test one time will also score high the next time they take the test.

Question 20

If a psychologist wanted to test Spearman's concept of a "g" factor in intelligence,what kind of data should the psychologist collect?

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A)  correlations between performances on various intellectual tasks
B)  information on similarities and differences in the IQ scores of identical twins reared in separate environments
C)  data on the means and standard deviations for people of various ages when they take IQ tests
D)  surveys of whether psychologists believe that IQ tests actually measure intelligence

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Intelligence quotient (IQ)tests are used to measure an individual's probable performance in school and similar settings.Name the two most widely-used adult intelligence tests and explain the principle of adaptive testing.

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Which of the following would be evidence that an IQ test is biased against women?

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Telling or reminding people,"your group usually doesn't do well on this kind of test" tends to impair most people's performance.This phenomenon is known as

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An experienced taxi driver becomes more and more skilled at finding various addresses within a city,without improving other kinds of intellectual skills.We can say that the driver has increased his or her:

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How can researchers determine whether or not an IQ test is biased against a certain group of people?

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Adopted children generally have IQ scores __________ similar to those of their biological parents than to those of their adoptive parents;the similarity in IQ to the biological parents __________ as these adopted children grow older.

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Charles Spearman inferred the existence of a "g" (or general) factor in intelligence from the observation that

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If a psychologist wanted to test Spearman's concept of a "g" factor in intelligence,what kind of data should the psychologist collect?

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If a test has low predictive validity,then

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An IQ test is "biased" against members of some group if the people in that group

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Which of the following types of evidence,if found,would offer the strongest support in favor of Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences?

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The WAIS-III and the WISC-IV are tests of

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On average,the IQ scores of fraternal twins correlate with each other more highly than do the IQ scores of identical twins.

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The process of establishing rules for administering a test and for interpreting its scores is known as ____________________. standardization

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Robert Sternberg's theory regarding how a person processes information is called a ____________________ theory. triarchic

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Why do critics complain about questions on IQ tests that ask for factual information?

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According to Raymond Cattell,the "g" factor in intelligence has two major components,____________________ and ____________________. fluid,crystallized or crystallized,fluid

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