Name: Date: 1. Terman observed that children with IQ scores over 135 are likely to A) be athletically uncoordinated. B) be academically successful. C) have a high degree of practical intelligence. D) be socially isolated. E) have low emotional intelligence. 2. A survey of the history of intelligence testing reinforces the important lesson that A) although science strives for objectivity, scientists can be influenced by their personal biases. B) the experiment is the most powerful tool available for examining cause-effect relationships. C) different theoretical perspectives on behavior may be complementary rather than competing. D) scientists are more concerned with the development of theory than with its practical application. E) some theories are untestable but may still be scientifically valid. 3. Everyone would agree that intelligence tests are biased in the sense that A) test performance is influenced by cultural experiences. B) the reliability of intelligence tests is close to zero. C) the heritability of intelligence is very high. D) numerical scores of intelligence serve to dehumanize individuals. E) reliability may be low but the content validity of IQ tests is high. 4. Sweden and Iceland exhibit little of the gender gap in mathematical abilities found in Turkey and Korea. This best illustrates that mental abilities are A) polygenetic. B) extrinsic motivators. C) socially influenced. D) distributed in a bell-shaped pattern. E) ethnically determined. Page 1
5. Psychologists use to assess individuals' mental aptitudes and compare them with those of others. A) neural plasticity B) reliability coefficients C) intelligence tests D) the g factor E) achievement tests 6. MRI scans reveal correlations of about between people's brain size (adjusted for body size) and their intelligence scores. A).05 B) +.15 C) +.33 D) +.67 E).45 7. The characteristics of savant syndrome most directly suggest that intelligence is A) a diverse set of distinct abilities. B) largely unpredictable and unmeasurable. C) a culturally constructed concept. D) dependent upon the speed of cognitive processing. E) accurately measured by the general intelligence factor g. 8. If a test is standardized, this means that A) it accurately measures what it is intended to measure. B) a person's test performance can be compared with that of a representative pretested group. C) most test scores will cluster near the average. D) the test will yield consistent results when administered on different occasions. E) the test's predictive validity has been studied and established. 9. Gifted child programs can lead to by implicitly labeling some students as ungifted and isolating them from an enriched educational environment. A) standardization B) the Flynn effect C) factor analysis D) self-fulfilling prophecies E) savant syndrome Page 2
10. Twelve-year-old Norman has an IQ of 75 on the original version of the Stanford-Binet. His mental age is A) 8. B) 9. C) 10. D) 12. E) 16. 11. After learning about his low score on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Gunter complained, I don't believe that test is a measure of intelligence at all. Gunter's statement is equivalent to saying that the WAIS lacks A) standardization. B) reliability. C) validity. D) a normal distribution. E) factor analysis. 12. A person who demonstrates an exceptional specific mental skill while otherwise remaining very limited in intellectual capacity is said to show signs of A) emotional intelligence. B) savant syndrome. C) neural plasticity. D) intrinsic motivation. E) intelligence quotient. 13. Emotional intelligence is a critical component of A) creativity. B) social intelligence. C) analytical intelligence. D) convergent thinking. E) factor analysis. 14. Research has indicated that seventh- and eighth-graders who outscored most high school seniors on a college aptitude test had begun at an unusually early age. A) crawling B) walking C) talking D) reading E) speaking Page 3
15. Binet and Simon designed a test of intellectual abilities in order to A) provide a quantitative estimate of inherited intellectual potential. B) distinguish between academic and practical intelligence. C) identify children likely to have difficulty learning in regular school classes. D) assess general capacity for goal-directed adaptive behavior. E) distinguish between people with high general intelligence factor (g) and savant syndrome. 16. Your psychology teacher has announced that the next test will assess your understanding of sensation and perception. When you receive the test, however, you find that very few questions actually relate to these topics. In this instance, you would be most concerned about the of the test. A) reliability B) factor analysis C) standardization D) validity E) normal distribution 17. Tests designed to predict ability to learn new skills are called A) achievement tests. B) interest inventories. C) factor analytic measures. D) standardized assessments. E) aptitude tests. 18. The percentage of people diagnosed with an intellectual disability has over the past 80 years because intelligence tests have been. A) increased; factor analyzed B) remained the same; factor analyzed C) increased; restandardized D) decreased; restandardized E) decreased; factor analyzed 19. Although not notably heavier or larger in total size than the typical Canadian's brain, Einstein's brain was 15 percent larger in the lower region of the A) occipital lobe. B) cerebellum. C) parietal lobe. D) limbic system. E) medulla. Page 4
20. Which of the following findings about the nature of race is evidence that the gap on the IQ test is caused by differences in environments? A) IQ is positively correlated with analytical intelligence. B) Genetic markers define the differences between races. C) Hereditary predispositions for intelligence tend to influence analytical intelligence. D) Twin studies show that identical twins are more similar in IQ than fraternal twins. E) Race is a social category, not a biological one. 21. Which of the following persons best illustrates Sternberg's concept of practical intelligence? A) Jamal, a student who quickly recognizes the correct answers to multiple-choice test questions B) Gareth, a graduate student who generates many creative ideas C) Shelley, a newspaper reporter who has established a large network of information sources D) Cindy, a young mother who prefers cleaning her house to supervising her children E) Lola, who can instantly recognize and adapt to the emotional states of others 22. L. L. Thurstone identified seven clusters of primary mental abilities, including word fluency, memory, and inductive reasoning. He claimed that word fluency A) underlies all of our intelligent behaviors. B) is the most difficult mental ability to assess reliably. C) involves a different dimension of intelligence from that of reasoning. D) is not actually a form of intelligence. E) is negatively correlated with g. 23. The widespread improvement in intelligence test performance during the past century is called A) the normal curve. B) stereotype threat. C) the g factor. D) standardization. E) the Flynn effect. 24. Comparing the average performance of the initial WAIS standardization sample with the average performance of the most recent WAIS standardization sample provides convincing evidence of A) heritability. B) the g factor. C) the Flynn effect. D) emotional intelligence. E) intrinsic motivation. Page 5
25. High intelligence scores have been linked with high concentrations of gray matter in certain regions of the frontal lobe. The gray matter refers to the of neurons. A) cell bodies B) axons C) dendrites D) synaptic junctions E) receptor sites 26. The nineteenth-century English scientist Sir Francis Galton believed that A) mental abilities cannot be measured. B) superior intelligence is biologically inherited. C) academic aptitude is detectable through factor analysis. D) intelligence test performance depends on motivation rather than ability. E) emotional intelligence correlated with intrapersonal intelligence. 27. The WAIS consists of separate subtests. A) intelligence and creativity B) aptitude and achievement C) practical and analytic D) verbal and performance E) emotions and reasoning 28. Those who define intelligence as academic aptitude are most likely to criticize A) Terman's concept of innate intelligence. B) Spearman's concept of general intelligence. C) Binet's concept of mental age. D) Gardner's concept of multiple intelligences. E) Sternberg's concept of analytical intelligence. 29. Molly has just taken a test of her capacity to learn to be a computer programmer. This is an example of a(n) test. A) validity B) achievement C) interest D) aptitude E) factor analysis Page 6
30. Tests designed to assess what a person has learned are called tests. A) factor analysis B) aptitude C) standardized D) achievement E) ability 31. Howard Gardner identified a total of intelligences. A) three B) five C) eight D) twelve E) fifteen 32. A test of your capacity to learn to be an automobile mechanic would be considered a(n) test. A) reliability B) interest C) achievement D) aptitude E) intelligence 33. Self-fulfilling expectations are most likely to be triggered by A) the Flynn effect. B) factor analysis. C) savant syndrome. D) stereotype threat. E) aptitude testing. 34. A condition involving intellectual disability caused by an extra chromosome in one's genetic makeup is known as A) the Flynn effect. B) functional fixedness. C) Down syndrome. D) savant syndrome. E) autism. Page 7
35. J. McVicker Hunt began a program of tutored human enrichment in an Iranian orphanage. This program trained caregivers to A) ignore babies' crying. B) imitate babies' babbling. C) assess babies' emotional intelligence. D) calculate babies' intelligence quotients. E) combat stereotype threat. 36. In 8 to 10 seconds, memory whiz Kim Peek can read and remember the contents of a book page. Yet, he has little capacity for understanding abstract concepts. Kim's mental capacities best illustrate A) autism. B) Down syndrome. C) emotional intelligence. D) savant syndrome. E) stereotype threat. 37. Studies suggest that there is a positive correlation between intelligence and the A) brain's rate of glucose consumption. B) brain's production of endorphins. C) neural processing speed in the brain. D) the brain's ability to process language in the right rather than the left hemisphere. E) size of the brain's synaptic gaps. 38. When Brandon was told that he correctly answered 80 percent of the items on a math achievement test, he asked how his performance compared with that of the average testtaker. Brandon's concern was directly related to the issue of A) standardization. B) predictive validity. C) reliability. D) content validity. E) factor analysis. 39. When completing a verbal aptitude test, members of an ethnic minority group are particularly likely to perform below their true ability levels if they believe that the test A) is a measure of emotional intelligence as well as academic intelligence. B) assesses their interests as well as their abilities. C) is biased against members of their own ethnic group. D) results in a distribution of scores that forms a bell-shaped curve. E) is an achievement test rather than an aptitude test. Page 8
40. Intelligence tests are most likely to be considered culturally biased in terms of their A) content validity. B) predictive validity. C) normal distribution. D) reliability. E) factor analysis. Page 9
Answer Key 1. B 2. A 3. A 4. C 5. C 6. C 7. A 8. B 9. D 10. B 11. C 12. B 13. B 14. D 15. C 16. D 17. E 18. C 19. C 20. E 21. C 22. C 23. E 24. C 25. A 26. B 27. D 28. D 29. D 30. D 31. C 32. D 33. D 34. C 35. B 36. D 37. C 38. A 39. C 40. A Page 10