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Question 1 of 130
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Which of the following does not belong with the others?
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Question 2 of 130
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If you score at the 75th percentile on a standardize test, it means that:
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Question 3 of 130
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If a test has good test-retest reliability:
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Question 4 of 130
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In which of the following countries are IQ tests LEAST likely to be used?
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Question 5 of 130
5. Question
Professor Ehsan gave his class a twenty-question test covering two weeks of class material. Fifteen questions were on the structures of the brain, although he only spent ten minutes talking about the brain. Professor Ehsan’s test did not appear to have adequate_______validity.
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Question 6 of 130
6. Question
With increasing age, adopted children’s intelligence test scores become________like their adoptive parents’scores and_______similar to their biological parent’s scores.
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Question 7 of 130
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Dr. Ahmad administerd his new intelligence test to a group of subjects and then compared each subject’s score on the old-numbered questions. He found a large positive correlation between the odd and even scores, indicating the test has:
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Question 8 of 130
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Intelligence tests are most likely to be considered culturally biased in terms of their:
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Question 9 of 130
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What do intelligence tests actually measure?
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Question 10 of 130
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Which of the following is a true statement regarding Francis Galton?
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Question 11 of 130
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On the most modern IQ tests, a score of 115 would be:
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Question 12 of 130
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IQ tests have proven to be good predictors of:
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Question 13 of 130
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When there is a large discrepancy between achievement and IQ scores there may be:
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Question 14 of 130
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The knowledge a person has already required and the ability to access that knowledge is known as
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Question 15 of 130
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In solving math comutation problems, women perform_______than men. In solving math reasoning problems, women perform______than men.
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Question 16 of 130
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The vast majority of retarded people are classified as
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Question 17 of 130
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Sternberg’s Triarchic theory of intelligence includes all of the following EXCEPT:
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Question 18 of 130
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Which of the following is NOT a component of Gardener’s emotional intelligence? The ability to
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Question 19 of 130
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Having 47 chromosomes in each cell instead of 46 is a characteristic of:
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Question 20 of 130
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Which of the following is part of Wechseler’s definition of intelligence?
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Question 21 of 130
21. Question
Mr. Mrs. Pervaiz Parent are beaming because their son, little Nasir, has been selected for a gifted children program at school. They think Nasir is a genius. What sort of advice do they need to hear?
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Question 22 of 130
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Which of the following is a true statement about mental retardation?
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Question 23 of 130
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Most school districts consider children who__________to be gifted.
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Question 24 of 130
24. Question
In which of the following cases would you expect to find the greatest similarity in IQ?
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Question 25 of 130
25. Question
Evidence indicating that urbringing affects one’s mental ability is provided by which of the following findings?
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Question 26 of 130
26. Question
Which of the following is a likely consequences of stereotype vulner ability for members of minority groups?
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Question 27 of 130
27. Question
The triarchic theory of intelligence, which emphasizes a cognitive perspective, was developed by:
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Question 28 of 130
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When you try to narrow down a list of alternatives to arrive at a single correct answer, you engage in:
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Question 29 of 130
29. Question
Nail has a blind date with Naeem who, she’s been is considered a true genius by the faculty in the art department. Now she’s having second thoughts, because she’s always heard that geniuses are a little of their rocker. Does have reason to be concerned?
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Question 30 of 130
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All of the following refer reliability EXCEPT______reliability.
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Question 31 of 130
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In testing consistency is to______as truth is to_______.
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Question 32 of 130
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Alfred Binet developed his intelligence test to
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Question 33 of 130
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The components of creativity include:
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Question 34 of 130
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Researchers are in the process of developing a new college entrance exam. They want to ensure that wherever the test is given, it will be administered scored, and interpreted in the same manner. In other words, the researchers are concerned with
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Question 35 of 130
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In order for norms to be meaningful what must also occur?
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Question 36 of 130
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The definition of intelligence includes all of the following EXCEPT:
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Question 37 of 130
37. Question
The formula of IQ is:
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Question 38 of 130
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All of the following are IQ tests EXCEPT:
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Question 39 of 130
39. Question
In Binet’s test of intelligence , items included at each age level were those which.
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Question 40 of 130
40. Question
Which of the following is an approach to measuring reliability?
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Question 41 of 130
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Which of the following statements concerning the relationship between inspection time and IQ is true?
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Question 42 of 130
42. Question
Terman showed that mentally gifted children.
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Question 43 of 130
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Which of the following is one of Gardner’s types of intelligence?
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Question 44 of 130
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Who would be the most norm group for the ACT or SAT college-entrance tests?
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Question 45 of 130
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_______is the capacity for learning certain and specific abilities.
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Question 46 of 130
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Howard Gardner has theorized all of the following type of intelligence EXCEPT:
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Question 47 of 130
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The form of mental retardation that is caused by the presence of an extra chromosome is
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Question 48 of 130
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Twenty-two-years-old Babar takes a test that includes measures of his ability in terms of digit span, vocabulary, and object assembly. Babar has completed the:
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Question 49 of 130
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Roshan, a 10th grader, took a test that measured his potential for college success. Jill, another 10th grader, took a test on the math chapter that had just been covered in class, Roshan most likely took an______test and Jill most likely took an______test.
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Question 50 of 130
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Yasmin is a 23-year-old female who only completed the third grade. She is employed in a sheltered workshop and has a difficult time with mild stress. Yasmin is MOST likely:
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Question 51 of 130
51. Question
Mental retardation caused by birth injuries or fetal damage is called_______retardation.
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Question 52 of 130
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Selective breeding for desirable characteristics is called
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Research on mental retardation indicates that:
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Research indicates that Head Start programs:
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Question 55 of 130
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The WAIS was designed for testing_________intelligence, whereas the WISC was designed for testing_______intelligence.
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Question 56 of 130
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The WAIS consists of separate________subjects.
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Question 57 of 130
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In one experiment, college students were either aware or unaware that experts would evaluate their creativity in constructing paper collages. This experiment most directly illustrated that creativity is facilitated by:
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Question 58 of 130
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It can argued that standardize testing (such as the SAT) is beneficial because
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Question 59 of 130
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The fact that fraternal twins are more similar in intelligence than ordinary siblings suggests the importance of
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Question 60 of 130
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A school curriculum built on Howard Gardner’s theory of intelligence would provide
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Question 61 of 130
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Standardization includes formalizing testing procedures and establishing
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Question 62 of 130
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Which of the following is a factor that influences success for the gifted?
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Question 63 of 130
63. Question
The person responsible for the development and design of the first useful individual test of intelligence is:
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Question 64 of 130
64. Question
The items actually selected for an intelligence test provide a (n)_______definition of intelligence.
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Question 65 of 130
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Speed of processing has been measured by which of the following techniques?
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Question 66 of 130
66. Question
The distribution of IQ scores:
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Question 67 of 130
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When the same procedures are used in giving a test to all people, the test has been:
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Question 68 of 130
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The term “g-factor,” written about by Neisser, refers to
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Question 69 of 130
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The best summary statement regarding the role of heredity on human intelligence is that
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Question 70 of 130
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A psychologist administers an intelligence test to 100 fourth graders. One month later the psychologist returns and re-administers the test. The psychologist is probably interested in
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Question 71 of 130
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The ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations is known as:
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Question 72 of 130
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Smedley has a theory that intelligence is related to body temperature. He uses an oral thermometer to measure intelligence. His data most likely have:
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Question 73 of 130
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Everyone would agree that intelligence tests are “blased” in the sense that:
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Question 74 of 130
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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:
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Question 75 of 130
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Research on gender and emotional intelligence suggests that women are more skilled the men at:
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Question 76 of 130
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Sadiq and Tahir had an excellent time-travel adventure back to 1916. In order to come back to present sadiq (who is a little below average in intelligence needs a score of 115 on the stanford-Binet Intelligence Test, Sadiq has to convince Professor Tahir that he is_______than he actually is, because the Stanford-Binet IQ was calculated as________.
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Question 77 of 130
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Research on intelligence and brain functioning that highly intelligent children demonstrate_______than their less intelligent counterparts.
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Question 78 of 130
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Sameena is reading about the history of IQ testing. She finds that Binet’s original intelligence test did not:
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Question 79 of 130
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Terman’s longitudinal study of people with extremely high IQs found that nearly all of them:
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Question 80 of 130
80. Question
The definition of intelligence includes:
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Question 81 of 130
81. Question
Generating the single correct answer to an intelligence test question illustrates:
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Question 82 of 130
82. Question
When interpreting the results from the final exam, Professor Hisham noticed that the students who had test from A scored significantly higher than those who had test from B. Professor Hisham concluded that the final exam was low on:
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Question 83 of 130
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“Gifted child” programs can lead to_______by implicitly labeling some students as “ungifted” and isolating them from an enriched educational environment.
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Question 84 of 130
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When professor Munir asks her students to answer questions in class, she can quickly tell from their facial expressions whether they are happy to participate professor Munir’s perceptual skill best illustrates:
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Question 85 of 130
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Who would have been most enthusiastic about the value of an single intelligence test score as an index of an individual’s mental capacities?
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Question 86 of 130
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Robert Sternberg distinguished among analytical, creative, and________intelligence.
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Question 87 of 130
87. Question
Ana has a score of 115 on an IQ test that can be compared to the score of hundreds of other people who took the some test. The capability to compare scores statistically is a function of
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Question 88 of 130
88. Question
The eugenics movement would have been most likely to encourage:
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Question 89 of 130
89. Question
Aaamir, 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:
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Question 90 of 130
90. Question
Factor analysis is a statistical procedure that can be used to:
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Question 91 of 130
91. Question
A college administrator is trying to assess whether an admissions test accurately predicts how well applicants will perform at his school. The administrator is most obviously concerned that the test is:
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Question 92 of 130
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The characteristicss of of savant syndrome have been used to support:
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Question 93 of 130
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The Maliks note their 6-month-old daughter Bisma seems to be developing more slowly and is not as playful as other infants her age. Research suggests that:
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Question 94 of 130
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Brain size (adjusted for body size is__________correlated with intelligence, and the speed of taking in perceptual information is_______correlated with intelligence.
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Question 95 of 130
95. Question
Katrina received a 740 on her Math SAT. She decided to take the SAT again and are so similar is because the SAt has high
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Question 96 of 130
96. Question
Twenty-five-year-old Aaliya is mentally handicapped that can neither read nor write. However, after hearing lengthy, unfamilar, and complex musical selections just once, she can reproduce them precisely on the piano. It is likely that Aaliya is:
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Question 97 of 130
97. Question
To regard an abstract concept as if it were a real, concentrate thing is called:
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Question 98 of 130
98. Question
If a test is_____, it will also be______.
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Question 99 of 130
99. Question
The percentage of people diagnosed with mental retardation has_________over the past 80 years because intelligence test have been______.
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Question 100 of 130
100. Question
Serat has developed a new test. He gives the test to 1,000 people. Six weeks later he gives the test to the same 1,000 people. Serat is assessing the______of his test.
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Question 101 of 130
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Researchers have suggested that IQ is inherited and that about_______percent of the variance in IQ is due to genetic makeup.
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Question 102 of 130
102. Question
If heritability alone is not responsible for IQ what other factor plays a large role?
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Question 103 of 130
103. Question
Research shows that IQ scores are valid predictors of all of the following EXCEPT:
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Question 104 of 130
104. Question
When Asians and Americans asked what accounts for the consistently higher scores in mathematics among Asians, Americans are likely to conclude it is due to
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Question 105 of 130
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Researchers suggests that the link between creativity and madness is mythical. However, madness can effect a creative person’s
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Question 106 of 130
106. Question
If Jane’s intelligence quotient is 100,we know that she has a
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Question 107 of 130
107. Question
________involve(s) an ability to manage your own thinking and problem solving.
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Question 108 of 130
108. Question
The intelligence test scores of identical twins are
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Question 109 of 130
109. Question
_______intelligence tests assess a wide variety of mental abilities.
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Question 110 of 130
110. Question
Which is the most closely related to poverty?
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Question 111 of 130
111. Question
Which one of the following assertions is true? Galton’s notion of the normal distribution’ tells us:
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Question 112 of 130
112. Question
Galton introduced the idea of correlation (or co-relation) and showed which of the following to be true?
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Question 113 of 130
113. Question
In the early stage of measuring intelligence, which type of intelligence did Spearman identify as the underlying feature the contributes to performance across a variety of different tasks?
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Question 114 of 130
114. Question
Binet was the first psychologist to specify that intelligence tests must be:
1: Administered and scored in careful and standardized manner if comparisons between children’s performance are to be valid and reliable.
2: Presented in the same order to all children and in order of increasing difficulty so that each child can pass as many tests as possible.
3: Difficult, to ensure that only intelligent people pass them.
4: Administered in one-to-one setting and only where the examiner has first established a friendly rapport with the child.Correct
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Question 115 of 130
115. Question
Which is the case? IQ is calculated as:
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Question 116 of 130
116. Question
Which one of the following is most likely to be true? A person with an IQ of 100 is:
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Question 117 of 130
117. Question
Evidence obtained from measures of reaction time. inspection time and psychological changes suggest that general intelligence has a_______basis.
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Question 118 of 130
118. Question
It is generally accepted that there is such a thing as general intelligence. So which of the following statements is true?
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Question 119 of 130
119. Question
All of the following represents intelligence from Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences except for________.
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Question 120 of 130
120. Question
Mental retardation is represented by which of the following characteristics?
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Question 121 of 130
121. Question
Which model assumes that the savant syndrome represents selective brain damage by which some modules were spread whereas others were not?
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Question 122 of 130
122. Question
IQ test scores represent________measures of intelligence.
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Question 123 of 130
123. Question
By measuring the extent to which identical twins reared together score differently on intelligence tests researchers can determine the influence of which factors on intelligence?
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Question 124 of 130
124. Question
Flynn has shown that there has been a standard deviation increase, per generation, in the mean level of intelligence test performance for most of this country in Western society, which equates to about three IQ points per decade. He believes that such a difference has to be result of which one of the following?
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Question 125 of 130
125. Question
Detterman believes that:
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Question 126 of 130
126. Question
Anderson argues three of the following-but which ONE is NOT in line with his arguments?
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Question 127 of 130
127. Question
The measured difference in IQ between African Americans and white Americans is most likely to be due to which one of the following factors?
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Question 128 of 130
128. Question
What explanations have been given to challenge inaccurate, calm that differences in IQ scores between black and white Americans are due to genetic differences in intelligence?
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Question 129 of 130
129. Question
Estimates of heritability for intelligence range between_________.
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Question 130 of 130
130. Question
Which are the most widely used individual tests of intelligence?
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