Psychology Final Test 13

Front 1

Students who finish an exam first are:

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often those who do not make higher scores

Front 2

Does demonstrating that your psychological test is reliable assure that it is a good measure?

Back 2

No. Just because a test is reliable does not mean it is an accurate test of intelligence

Front 3

Galton's test of 10,000 visitors is significant to the field of intelligence in that:

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it marked the beginning of the scientific efforts to measure intelligence

Front 4

Tests designed to measure what you have already learned are ________ tests whereas ________ tests are designed to predict your ability to learn new information.

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achievement; aptitude

Front 5

The fact that blacks score somewhat lower on IQ tests, on the average, than whites may be attributed to the higher incidence of:

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socioeconomic disadvantages in black populations.

educational disadvantages in black populations.

built-in culture biases in IQ tests.

*all of the above.

Front 6

Janie is twelve years old and achieved a score on the Stanford-Binet IQ test of that of a twelve-year-old child. Her IQ would be:

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100

Front 7

Galton's test of 10,000 visitors to the 1884 International Exposition demonstrated:

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that intelligence was an inherited trait.

that the upper class were indeed the most intelligent as Galton believed.

both a and b.

*none of the above.

Front 8

William Jennings Bryant, the great orator and lawyer, could be said to display which of Gardner's intelligences?

Back 8

linguistic

Front 9

Both the Stanford-Binet and the Wechsler scales are ________ administered.

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individuality

Front 10

The idea that people differ in intelligence because of genetic differences is an assertion of:

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Arthur Jensen

Front 11

A method for determining reliability whereby the score for half the test is correlated with the score on the other half is known as:

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split-half reliability

Front 12

If an intelligence test yields highly similar scores on separate testings, it is said to be:

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reliable

Front 13

What is the major reason that a test designer might want to use a split-half reliability measure over a test-retest or alternate forms method for accessing the reliability of a test they are designing?

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The test subject might do better the second time just because they are more comfortable with the test environment

Front 14

Since intelligence tests ________, you should receive the same IQ regardless of who administers and scores your IQ test.

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are standardized

Front 15

Which of the following is not a component of the Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence?

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procedural

Front 16

An IQ is a person's:

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score on an intelligence test

Front 17

The reliability of an intelligence test is its:

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consistency

Front 18

The original formula for Binet's IQ test was revised because it:

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completely breaks down in adult age ranges

Front 19

Substantial positive correlations between Stanford-Binet IQ scores and school grades are generally stronger:

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in lower grade level students

Front 20

The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale allows for calculation of two separate IQ scores, the:

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verbal and performance scores