AP Psych Intelligence part 2

Who would have been most enthusiastic about the value of a single intelligence test score as an index of an individual's mental capacities?

Spearman's g factor refers to

If you wanted to develop a test of musical aptitude in North American children, which would be the appropriate standardization group?

Twenty-five-year-old Alexandra is mentally handicapped and can neither read nor write. However, after hearing lengthy, unfamiliar, and complex musical selections just once, she can reproduce them precisely on the piano. It is likely that Alexandra is:

Robert Sternberg distinguished among analytical, practical, and ________ intelligence.

Melvin has been diagnosed as having savant syndrome, which means that he:

Which of the following persons best illustrates Sternberg's concept of practical intelligence?

When Professor McGuire asks her students to answer questions in class, she can quickly tell from their facial expressions whether they are happy to participate. Professor McGuire's perceptual skill best illustrates:

Gerardeen has superb social skills, manages conflicts well, and has great empathy for her friends and co-workers. Peter Salovey and John Mayer would probably say that Gerardeen possesses a high degree of:

Intrinsic motivation is thought to be an important component of:

Twelve-year-old Benjy has an IQ of 75 on the original version of the Stanford-Binet. His mental age is:

If asked to guess the intelligence score of a stranger, your best guess would be:

Object assembly, picture arrangement, and block design are three performance subtests of the:

Binet and Simon designed a test of intellectual abilities in order to:

Benito was born in 1937. In 1947, he scored 130 on an intelligence test. What was Benito's mental age when he took the test?

Five-year-old Wilbur performs on an intelligence test at a level characteristic of an average 4-year-old. Wilbur's mental age is:

Psychologists use ______ to assess individuals' mental aptitudes and compare them with those of others.

Current intelligence tests compute an individual's intelligence score as:

Tests of ________ measure what an individual can do now, whereas tests of ________ predict what an individual will be able to do later.

Before becoming attorneys, law students must pass a special licensing exam, which is an ________ test. Before entering college, high school students must take the SAT, which is an ________ test.

Most experts view intelligence as a person's:

Robert Sternberg distinguished among analytical, practical, and ________ intelligence.

The concept of a g factor implies that intelligence:

The existence of ________ reinforces the generally accepted notion that intelligence is a multidimensional quality.

The characteristics of savant syndrome most directly suggest that intelligence is:

Managers who want to foster creativity in the workplace should try to increase the ________ of their employees.

Which of the following best describes the relationship between creativity and intelligence?

Generating multiple possible answers to a problem illustrates:

For the original version of the Stanford-Binet, IQ was defined as:

The test created by Alfred Binet was designed specifically to:

If asked to guess the intelligence score of a stranger, your best guess would be:

An 8-year-old who responded to the original Stanford-Binet with the proficiency of an average 10-year-old was said to have an IQ of:

To assess mental age, Binet and Simon measured children's:

Aptitude tests are to ________ as achievement tests are to ________.

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

Don's intelligence scores were only average, but he has been enormously successful as a corporate manager. Psychologists Sternberg and Wagner would probably suggest that:

Factor analysis is a statistical procedure that can be used to:

The correlation between intelligence test scores and creativity test scores is:

The most creative scientists are those who:

A 12-year-old who responded to the original Stanford-Binet with the proficiency typical of an average 9-year-old was said to have an IQ of:

The WAIS consists of separate ________ subtests.

In order to determine whether a child's intellectual development was fast or slow, Binet and Simon assessed the child's:

The written exam for a driver's license would most likely be considered a(n) ________ test.

Before becoming attorneys, law students must pass a special licensing exam, which is an ________ test. Before entering college, high school students must take the SAT, which is an ________ test.

Injury to the left ________ lobe damages the convergent thinking required for successful performance on intelligence tests.

The concept of emotional intelligence is most likely to be criticized for:

The first modern test of intelligence was developed in:

Originally, IQ was defined as:

Although diagnosed with autism and hardly able to speak coherently, 18-year-old Andrew can produce intricate and detailed drawings of scenes he has viewed only once. Andrew illustrates a condition known as:

Although Nicole scored well above average on an academic aptitude test, she frequently loses her temper and needlessly antagonizes even her best friends. Her behavior best illustrates a low level of:

A 6-year-old child has a mental age of 9. The child's IQ is:

Twelve-year-old Benjy has an IQ of 75 on the original version of the Stanford-Binet. His mental age is:

Achievement tests are designed to:

Experts would most likely agree that intelligence is a(n):

Those who define intelligence as academic aptitude are most likely to criticize:

Vanessa is a very creative sculptress. We would expect that Vanessa also:

The formula for the intelligence quotient was devised by:

The existence of ________ reinforces the generally accepted notion that intelligence is a multidimensional quality.

Tests designed to predict ability to learn new skills are called:

Which of the following is not a requirement of a good test?

The distribution of intelligence test scores in the general population forms a bell-shaped pattern. This pattern is called a:

The normal curve would represent the distribution of:

When Brandon was told that he correctly answered 80 percent of the items on a mathematical achievement test, he asked how his performance compared with that of the average test taker. Brandon's concern was directly related to the issue of:

The bell-shaped distribution of intelligence scores in the general population is called a:

Melinda completed the Computer Programming Aptitude Test when she applied for a position with Beta Electronics. Six months later, she took the same test when she applied for a position with another company. The fact that her scores were almost identical on the two occasions suggests that the test has a high degree of:

Mr. and Mrs. Linkletter are parents of a mentally retarded child. It is most likely that their child:

Comparing average Wechsler and Stanford-Binet test performance levels between 1918 and 1989 provides convincing evidence of:

Down syndrome is normally caused by:

Terman's observations of 1500 California children with IQ scores over 135 contradicted the popular notion that intellectually gifted children are typically

Research on racial and ethnic differences in intelligence indicates that:

Reported racial gaps in average intelligence scores are most likely attributable to:

Girls are most likely to outperform boys in a(n):

Intelligence tests have effectively reduced discrimination in the sense that they have:

Jim, age 55, plays basketball with much younger adults and is concerned that his teammates might consider his age to be a detriment to their game outcome. His concern actually undermines his athletic performance. This best illustrates the impact of:

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:

Boys are most likely to outperform girls in a(n):

Exposure to high levels of male sex hormones during prenatal development is most likely to facilitate the subsequent development of:

Standardization refers to the process of:

Before publishing her test of musical aptitude, Professor Reed first administered the test to a representative sample of people. This was most clearly necessary for test:

Researchers assess the correlation between scores obtained on two halves of a single test in order to measure the ________ of a test.

If a test yields consistent results every time it is used, it has a high degree of:

When retested on the WAIS, people's second scores generally match their first scores quite closely. This indicates that the test has a high degree of:

Over the past 50 years, children with mental retardation have increasing been likely to:

(Close-Up) Twenty-two-year-old Dan has an intelligence score of 63 and the academic skills of a fourth-grader, and is unable to live independently. Dan probably:

The Flynn effect refers to the fact that:

On average, the intelligence test scores of the Dingbats are much higher than those of the Dodos. The difference in the average test scores of the two groups might be a product of:

Research on gender and emotional intelligence suggests that women are more skilled than men at:

Stereotype threat is most likely to depress female students' performance on a difficult ________ test and to depress male students' performance on a difficult ________ test.

Intelligence tests are biased in the sense that:

If a test is standardized, this means that:

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

The normal curve would represent the distribution of:

The percentage of people diagnosed with mental retardation has ________ over the past 80 years because intelligence tests have been ________.

Hiroko's math achievement score is considerably higher than that of most American students her age. Which of the following is true regarding this difference between Asian and North American students:

Disproportionately more Whites than Blacks would be admitted into American colleges if performance scores on ________ were the only basis for college admissions.

Males are most likely to outnumber females in a class designed for high school students gifted in:

Sasha is mildly mentally retarded. She has achieved the equivalent of a fifth-grade education and will soon begin vocational training so that she can earn a living. Sasha's intelligence score is most likely between:

Individuals with Down syndrome are:

Which of the following statements is true?

Research on the effectiveness of Head Start suggests that enrichment programs:

Experts who defend intelligence tests against the charge of being culturally biased and discriminatory would be most likely to highlight the ________ of intelligence tests.

A high school counselor gave Amy a test designed to predict whether she could learn to become a successful architect. Amy most likely took a(n) ________ test.

Jack takes the same test of mechanical reasoning on several different days and gets virtually identical scores. This suggests that the test has: