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The range of IQ scores from a standard normal distribution that are one standard deviation above and below the mean would be: |
85 to 115 |
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The only test that measures a person's capacity to behave intelligently or pure intelligence distinct from what an individual has learned is: |
there is no such test |
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The Binet test was originally intended to: |
identify slow learners |
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Lay people are more likely than psychologists to consider ________ to be an attribute of intelligence. |
social competence |
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Large surveys of researchers investigating intelligence have found that experts believe |
genes and the environment are equally important |
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When test performance is compared to other criteria currently available (i.e., IQ scores to peg task scores), it is called: |
concurrent validity |
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Identical twin studies are important because the twins have the same: |
genetic make-up |
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Mary is "street smart" and highly skilled at manipulating and adapting to her environment. Mary has high ________ intelligence. creative |
practical |
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How are adult's and children's I.Q.s currently calculated? |
By comparing a person's performance to the average performance of others in the same age bracket. |
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Karen achieved an overall score of 130 on the WAIS. Approximately ________ percent of all those who take WAIS would score lower than Karen. |
98 |
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According to the text, which of the following psychologists conceived of intelligence as a group of primary mental abilities? |
Louis Thurstone |
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The only operational definition of intelligence is: |
that which intelligence tests measure |
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A method for determining the reliability of a test by comparing test takers' scores on separate occasions is known as: |
test-retest reliability |
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J. P. Guilford used the term "mental operations" to describe: |
how we think. |
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The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale allows identification of individuals with: |
special strengths in nonverbal areas |
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A standard that reflects the normal or average performance of a particular group of people on a measure such as an IQ test is called the: |
norm |
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A criticism of the Stanford-Binet test is that it places too much emphasis on: |
verbal abilities |
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Spearman used a statistical procedure called ________ to identify groupings of test items which in turn identify common abilities. |
factor analysis |
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If Sternberg were a teacher, which of the following would he emphasize in his instruction? |
The construction of problem-solving strategies for each student. |
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The only operational definition of intelligence that psychologists have agreed upon is that intelligence is: |
that which intelligence tests measure |
