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Question 81

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Dr. Clarke designs a test she believes will predict an individual's ability to perform in managerial positions. When Dr. Clark administers her test to 100 managers at Aldor Corporation, she finds that some of the best managers do well on the test, but others do quite poorly. Dr. Clarke should probably conclude that her test

A) lacks criterion-related validity.
B) lacks content validity.
C) is not well standardized.
D) is unreliable.

E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

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Jelani was recently considered for enrollment in the gifted program at his school. The report says that Jelani is an extremely creative and talented child. Based on the standard practices in most school districts, Jelani would

A) be considered gifted and would be eligible for gifted programs.
B) not meet the criterion for giftedness unless he also scored above 130 on an IQ test.
C) be removed from the mainstream classroom and would attend special education classes for most of the day.
D) need to show superior potential in at least three other areas to be eligible for gifted programs.

E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

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Convincing evidence for the role of environmental influences on intelligence is provided by studies that compare

Hydrocephaly may lead to mental retardation because of

The term used to refer to genetically determined limits on IQ is

If 30 percent of a reference group scored higher than you on a test, your score would be

The fact that two people taking the same test in two different places will receive the same instructions, the same questions, and the same time limits means that the test has been

The correlation between IQ scores and vocational success is best described as

In which of the following cases is the correlation between IQ scores the lowest?

Modern IQ tests have a mean of ____ and a standard deviation of ____.

According to theories that employ the concept of reaction range, the upper limits of an individual's intellectual potential are

Terman's longitudinal study of gifted individuals has shown that gifted children

Madisen has just completed a two-year internship with a law firm. She takes a test that is designed to assess her current knowledge of general legal principles. In this case, the test that Madisen takes would be classified as

Conrad's economic's professor tells the class that the next exam will cover Chapters 5 though 7 of their text. The day of the exam, the professor accidentally photocopies the exam from the previous semester, which includes a number of questions from Chapters 8 and 9. In this case, the students might reasonably argue that the exam

Correlations between IQ scores and school grades can best be characterized as

Wechsler developed the deviation IQ based on the normal distribution. On his test, an overall IQ of 130 would mean

A tentative answer to the heredity versus environment question with respect to intelligence is that

If your score falls at the 75th percentile on a standardized test, which of the following is an accurate interpretation?

Which of the following is NOT one of the primary mental abilities proposed by Thurstone?

The Binet-Simon scale of intelligence expressed a child's score in terms of