Question 1

Sorting children into gifted and nongifted educational groups

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A)   creates a self-fulfilling prophecy.
B)   increases social isolation between the groups.
C)   promotes racial segregation and prejudice.
D)   has all of these effects.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 2

The high positive correlations between scores received on comparable sections of the SAT and GRE provide evidence for the ________ of these test scores.

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A)   reliability
B)   validity
C)   standardization
D)   normal distributionE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

University grades are used to assess the ________ of the SAT.

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A)   content validity
B)   reliability
C)   standardization
D)   predictive validityE) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 4

Over the past 50 or so years, children with mental retardation have increasingly been likely to

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A)   have difficulty adapting to the normal demands of independent living.
B)   be diagnosed as having a chromosomal abnormality.
C)   demonstrate symptoms of savant syndrome.
D)   be mainstreamed into regular school classrooms.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 5

About ________ percent of WAIS scores fall between 85 and 115.

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A)   30
B)   50
C)   68
D)   96E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 6

A test that measures or predicts what it is supposed to is said to have a high degree of

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A)   validity.
B)   standardization.
C)   reliability.
D)   the g factor.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 7

Why does the predictive validity of general aptitude tests decrease as the educational experience of the students who take them increases?

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A)   More educated students have taken aptitude tests so frequently that for them such tests are no longer pure measures of aptitude.
B)   Comparisons of mental age with chronological age are inadequate for assessing the aptitude of older and more educated students.
C)   There is a relatively narrow range of aptitude test scores among students at higher educational levels.
D)   Among more educated students, motivation has a much greater effect on academic success than does aptitude.E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 8

Older people's capacity to understand the meaning of words does not decline as much as their capacity to engage in abstract reasoning. This best illustrates the stability of

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A)   emotional intelligence.
B)   crystallized intelligence.
C)   divergent thinking.
D)   fluid intelligence.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 9

A test of your capacity to learn to be an automobile mechanic would be considered a(n)  ________ test.

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A)   reliability
B)   achievement
C)   aptitude
D)   intelligenceE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 10

In his study of children with high intelligence scores, Terman found that

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A)   the children were more emotional and less healthy than a control group.
B)   the children were ostracized by classmates.
C)   the children were healthy and well-adjusted, and did well academically.
D)   later, as adults, they nearly all achieved great vocational success.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 11

The test created by Alfred Binet was designed specifically to

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A)   measure inborn intelligence in adults.
B)   measure inborn intelligence in children.
C)   predict school performance in children.
D)   identify intellectually disabled children so that they could be institutionalized.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 12

Academic aptitude test scores are MOST likely to predict accurately the academic success of ________ students.

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A)   elementary school
B)   high school
C)   college
D)   graduate schoolE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 13

A measure of intelligence based on head size is likely to have a ________ level of reliability and a ________ level of validity.

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A)   low; low
B)   low; high
C)   high; low
D)   high; highE) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 14

Instead of calculating an intelligence quotient, most current intelligence tests represent the test-taker's performance relative to

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A)   the test-taker's own previous intelligence test performance.
B)   the best possible performance of others the same age as the test-taker.
C)   the best possible performance of others of any age.
D)   the average performance of others the same age as the test-taker.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 15

Some psychologists contend that intelligence consists of fluid intelligence, which ________ during adulthood, and crystallized intelligence, which ________.

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A)   remains stable; declines
B)   declines; remains stable
C)   increases; declines
D)   declines; increasesE) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 16

Which of the following is most likely to decrease with age?

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A)   vocabulary
B)   accumulated knowledge
C)   speed of processing
D)   practical intelligenceE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 17

Who attempted to assess intellectual strengths by measuring muscular power, sensory acuity, and body proportions?

Accepted Answer

A)   Lewis Terman
B)   Alfred Binet
C)   David Wechsler
D)   Francis GaltonE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Exam 30: Assessing Intelligence

About ________ percent of WAIS scores fall between 85 and 115.

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Over the past 50 or so years, children with mental retardation have increasingly been likely to

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Some psychologists contend that intelligence consists of fluid intelligence, which during adulthood, and crystallized intelligence, which .

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Why does the predictive validity of general aptitude tests decrease as the educational experience of the students who take them increases?

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In his study of children with high intelligence scores, Terman found that

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Which of the following is most likely to decrease with age?

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The test created by Alfred Binet was designed specifically to

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Academic aptitude test scores are MOST likely to predict accurately the academic success of ________ students.

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The high positive correlations between scores received on comparable sections of the SAT and GRE provide evidence for the ________ of these test scores.

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Instead of calculating an intelligence quotient, most current intelligence tests represent the test-taker's performance relative to

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Sorting children into gifted and nongifted educational groups

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A test of your capacity to learn to be an automobile mechanic would be considered a(n) ________ test.

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A test that measures or predicts what it is supposed to is said to have a high degree of

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Who attempted to assess intellectual strengths by measuring muscular power, sensory acuity, and body proportions?

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A measure of intelligence based on head size is likely to have a level of reliability and a level of validity.

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Older people's capacity to understand the meaning of words does not decline as much as their capacity to engage in abstract reasoning. This best illustrates the stability of

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University grades are used to assess the ________ of the SAT.

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Over the past 50 or so years, children with mental retardation have increasingly been likely to

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