Question 1

Ishmael and Aliyah were enrolled in different sections of the same course. When Aliyah was taking her mid-term exam, there was a lecture being held in the next room. This distracted her and made it difficult for her to concentrate on her exam. When Ishmael wrote his mid-term exam, the room next door was empty and he had no distractions. In this example, the administration of the mid-term exam for this course

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A)   did not have high test-retest reliability.
B)   was not standardised across the two course sections.
C)   would have poor construct validity.
D)   did not have adequate test norms.E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 2

The fact that adopted children resemble their biological parents in intelligence, even though they were not reared by those parents suggests that intellectual development is

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A)   influenced more by environmental factors than by genetics.
B)   affected equally by genetics and environmental factors.
C)   influenced more by genetics than by environmental factors.
D)   not affected by either genetics or environmental factors.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT one of the eight types of intelligence proposed by Gardner?

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A)   linguistic
B)   interpersonal
C)   spatial
D)   emotionalE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 4

Which British scholar concluded in his book Hereditary Genius that success runs in families because great intelligence is passed from generation to generation through genetic inheritance?

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A)   Theodore Simon
B)   Alfred Binet
C)   Francis Galton
D)   Lewis TermanE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 5

Which psychologist concluded that humans exhibit eight largely independent types of intelligence?

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A)   Alfred Binet
B)   Howard Gardner
C)   Arthur Jenson
D)   Robert SternbergE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 6

An elementary school child is given a test designed to determine whether or not she should be placed in a class of "gifted" children. The test is probably

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A)   an intelligence test.
B)   an achievement test.
C)   a personality test.
D)   a vocabulary test.E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 7

Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon devised the first intelligence test in 1905 in order to

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A)   predict future life success.
B)   provide support for the belief that intelligence is genetically determined.
C)   provide support for the belief that intelligence is environmentally determined.
D)   predict the school performance of children.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 8

Which of the following does NOT characterise a psychological test?

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A)   Psychological tests allow one to predict behaviour with great accuracy.
B)   Psychological tests are samples of behaviour.
C)   Psychological tests are standardised measures of behaviour.
D)   Psychological tests measure individual differences.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 9

The fact that the correlation in IQ scores between identical twins reared apart is higher than that between fraternal twins reared together suggests that intellectual development is

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A)   influenced more by environmental factors than by genetics.
B)   affected equally by genetics and environmental factors.
C)   influenced more by genetics than by environmental factors.
D)   not affected by either genetics or environmental factors.E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 10

The two very broad categories of psychological tests are

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A)   mental ability and personality tests.
B)   intelligence and achievement tests.
C)   interest tests and aptitude tests.
D)   aptitude and attitude tests.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 11

In trying to make a decision about a career that would fit your abilities and interest, you would probably want to take a test that would measure your potential or talent for specific kinds of activities. A test that would measure this sort of potential would most likely be

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A)   an achievement test.
B)   an aptitude test.
C)   an intelligence test.
D)   a test of general mental ability.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above B

Question 12

Davis is a gifted violinist who has been playing the violin since he was two. He started writing his own music when he was four. However, Davis has a difficult time expressing himself with words, and he struggles with all his written assignments for his classes at school. The theory of intelligence that could best be used to account for Davis's different levels of performance in these areas is

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A)   Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences.
B)   Spearman's g-factor theory.
C)   Sternberg's triarchic theory.
D)   Thurstone's theory of primary mental abilities.E) All of the above
F) A) and B) A

Question 13

Which of the following is an expression of the nurture side of the nature versus nurture argument?

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A)   Environmental deprivation has little effect on intellectual performance.
B)   An intellectually stimulating environment will be wasted on those who do not have some innate intellectual potential.
C)   Intellectual potential is something with which you are born; it is not acquired.
D)   An intellectually stimulating environment can lead to noticeable increases in the IQs of disadvantaged children.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 14

Some critics argue that ____ use of the term "intelligence" is so broad, encompassing virtually any valued human ability, it makes the term almost meaningless.

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A)   David Wechsler's
B)   Alfred Binet's
C)   Robert Sternberg's
D)   Howard Gardner'sE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 15

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

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A)   mental age.
B)   a potential score.
C)   a percentile score.
D)   an intelligence quotient.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 16

The person who is sensitive to others' needs and accepts others for who they are is evidencing the ____ type of intelligence.

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A)   fluid
B)   practical
C)   verbal
D)   socialE) B) and C)
F) A) and D) D

Question 17

In general, standard IQ tests (such as the Stanford-Binet and the WAIS) do not translate well into the language and cognitive frameworks of non-Western cultures.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following six-year-old children would be MOST likely to experience an increase in their IQ over the next few years?

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A)   Adam, who continues to live in an understaffed orphanage
B)   Mbulelo, who recently started living in an understaffed orphanage following the death of her parents
C)   Sipho, who was recently adopted from an understaffed orphanage by loving middle-class parents
D)   Rafiq, who continues to live with his loving middle-class parentsE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 19

Interested in learning how to fly airplanes, Ryk has just taken a test designed to predict how well he is likely to do in a pilot training programme. Ryk has taken a(n)

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A)   achievement test.
B)   aptitude test.
C)   intelligence test.
D)   test of general mental ability.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 20

A symmetrical bell-shaped curve that represents the pattern in which many characteristics, including intelligence, are distributed is the

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A)   standard distribution.
B)   normal distribution.
C)   typical distribution.
D)   abnormal distribution.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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The fact that adopted children resemble their biological parents in intelligence, even though they were not reared by those parents suggests that intellectual development is

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Which of the following is NOT one of the eight types of intelligence proposed by Gardner?

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Which British scholar concluded in his book Hereditary Genius that success runs in families because great intelligence is passed from generation to generation through genetic inheritance?

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Which psychologist concluded that humans exhibit eight largely independent types of intelligence?

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An elementary school child is given a test designed to determine whether or not she should be placed in a class of "gifted" children. The test is probably

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Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon devised the first intelligence test in 1905 in order to

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Which of the following does NOT characterise a psychological test?

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The fact that the correlation in IQ scores between identical twins reared apart is higher than that between fraternal twins reared together suggests that intellectual development is

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The two very broad categories of psychological tests are

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In trying to make a decision about a career that would fit your abilities and interest, you would probably want to take a test that would measure your potential or talent for specific kinds of activities. A test that would measure this sort of potential would most likely be

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Some critics argue that ____ use of the term "intelligence" is so broad, encompassing virtually any valued human ability, it makes the term almost meaningless.

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The person who is sensitive to others' needs and accepts others for who they are is evidencing the ____ type of intelligence.

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In general, standard IQ tests (such as the Stanford-Binet and the WAIS) do not translate well into the language and cognitive frameworks of non-Western cultures.

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Which of the following six-year-old children would be MOST likely to experience an increase in their IQ over the next few years?

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Interested in learning how to fly airplanes, Ryk has just taken a test designed to predict how well he is likely to do in a pilot training programme. Ryk has taken a(n)

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A symmetrical bell-shaped curve that represents the pattern in which many characteristics, including intelligence, are distributed is the

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The fact that adopted children resemble their biological parents in intelligence, even though they were not reared by those parents suggests that intellectual development is

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Which of the following is NOT one of the eight types of intelligence proposed by Gardner?

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