AP Psych: Testing

Molly has just taken a test of her capacity to learn to be a computer programmer. This is an example of a(n) ________ test.

The ability to deal effectively with social conflict is not likely to be reflected in one's performance on the WAIS. This best illustrates that intelligence is

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

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?

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

Intelligence scores are MOST LIKELY to be stable over a one-year period for a(n)

The characteristics of savant syndrome most directly suggest that intelligence is

Factor analysis has been used to assess whether

When completing a verbal aptitude test, members of an ethnic minority group are particularly likely to perform below their ability levels if they believe that the test

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

When we refer to someone's intelligence quotient as if it were a fixed and objectively real trait such as height, we commit a reasoning error called

To regard an abstract concept as if it were a real, concrete thing is called

Women scoring in the highest 25 percent on the Scottish national intelligence test at age 11 tended to ________ than those who scored in the lowest 25 percent.

Aptitude tests are specifically designed to

A survey of the history of intelligence testing reinforces the important lesson that

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

Research indicates that Head Start programs

Binet and Terman would have been most likely to disagree about the

A 12-year-old who responded to the original Stanford-Binet with proficiency typical of an average 9-year-old was said to have an IQ of a. 75. b. 85. c. 100. d. 115. e. 133.

The intelligence test scores of today's better-fed population ________ the scores of the 1930s population.

The psychologist who disagreed with Spearman about the nature of intelligence, identifying seven clusters of primary mental abilities rather than one general intelligence factor, was

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

Postmortem brain analysis reveal that highly educated people have _________ when they die than do their less educated counterparts.

After learning about his low score on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Austin complained, "I don't believe that test is a measure of intelligence at all." Austin's statement is equivalent to saying that the WAIS lacks

Experts who defend intelligence tests against accusations of racial bias note that racial differences in intelligence test scores

To assess whether intelligence is a single trait or a collection of several distinct abilities, psychologists have made extensive use of

If both depressed and nondepressed individuals receive similar scores on a diagnostic test for depression, it suggests that the test

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

Psychologists would be likely to agree that intelligence tests have

The widespread improvement in intelligence test performance during the past century is called

The Flynn effect

L. L. Thurstone identified seven clusters of primary mental abilities including word fluency, memory, and inductive reasoning. He claimed that word fluency

The sort of problem solving that demonstrates "school smarts" is what researchers have historically assessed in their tests of

Today's researchers have identified many different chromosomal regions important to intelligence. This indicates that intelligence is

Research on intelligence and brain anatomy indicates that highly intelligent children demonstrate _______ than their less intelligent counterparts.

One component of emotional intelligence involves

Emotional intelligence is a critical component of

The nineteenth-century English scientist Sir Francis Galton believed that

Factor analysis is a statistical procedure that can be used to

Some studies indicate that a rough indicator of infants' later intelligence is their

Investigators detected a tendency for those who excelled in one of Thurstone's seven primary mental abilities to also demonstrate high levels of competence in other abilities. This provided some evidence of

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.

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

The heritability intelligence refers to

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

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

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

Because intelligence is defined according to the attributes that enable success in a culture, psychologists consider intelligence to be

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

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

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

Aptitude test

A 6-year-old who responded to the original Stanford-Binet with the proficiency typical of an average 8-year-old was said to have an IQ of

The similarity between intelligence scores of fraternal twins reared together is