Testing and Intelligence - Mr. Dywer's Testing Lair

Testing and Intelligence // AP Psychology

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Who would be the best norm group for the ACT or SAT college-entrance tests?
- elementary school children
- lawyers
- high school seniors
- college graduates
- college sophomores
A school curriculum built on Howard Gardner's theory of intelligence would provide
- strong concentrations in English comprehension.
- neuromuscular training because such skills underlie general intelligence.
- training in logic, rhetoric, philosophy and math to strengthen the general factor in intelligence.
- emphasis on creative, artistic abilities rather than the traditional emphasis on cognitive abilitities.
- a diverse curriculum with education in skills not traditionally associated with IQ.
The person responsible for the development and design of the first useful individual test of intelligence is
- Freud
- Spearman
- Terman
- Binet
- Wechsler
The best summary statement regarding the role of heredity on human intelligence is that:
- heredity may impose upper limits on intelligence
- heredity may impose lower limits on intelligence.
- intelligence is almost completely related to genetic inheritance.
- the similarity in IQ scores among maternal relatives is greater than that among paternal relatives
- heredity has no impact on intelligence scores.
Howard Gardner has theorized all of the following types of intelligence EXCEPT
- Interpersonal
- Intrapersonal
- Creative
- Musical
- Bodily Kinesthetic
Sandra is below normal intelligence but she is able to tell you the exact day of the week of September 13, 1957. She has __________ syndrome
- genius
- giftedness
- discalcula
- savant
- huntington's
The average twelve-year-old child has a mental age equal to
- 120
- 100
- 10
- 24
- 12
A test is said to be reliable if it
- measures the skill it claims to test.
- is unaffected by external factors such as the time of administration.
- gives about the same score to a person when given on different occasions.
- is unaffected by external variables
- allows one to correctly predict who will be successful when placed in a real- life situation.
Which of the following is another word for reliability?
- validity
- consistency
- dependence
- relevance
- ambiguous
Aptitude tests are designed to measure:
- previously learned facts
- future performance
- previously learned skills
- current competence
- your IQ score
According to Sternberg, which of the following types of intelligence in his triarchic theory are measured by standard IQ tests? I. analytic II. Practical. III. Creative
- I only
- II only
- III only
- I and II only
- I, II, and III
A comparison of the scores of African-American test takers to the scores of European-American test takers on current popular intelligence tests such as Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale and the Stanford Binet indicates that:
- black students outperform white students on creative and practical intelligence scores.
- the difference between the means of scores between groups is larger than the range within groups
- adopted black children score higher than their biological siblings
- there is no difference between the scores of whites and blacks.
- the mean of black students is lower than the mean of white students.
During development of standardized tests, questions that are answered correctly by almost all students and those that are missed by almost all students are eliminated. Why?
- only questions that are moderately difficult should be included on a test.
- these questions fail to show individual differences in abilities
- these questions are poorly written
- the questions may be valid, but they are not reliable
- this eliminates bias in administering the test.
The intelligence quotient (IQ) has traditionally been based on the relationship between an individual's mental age and his or her:
- stage of cognitive development
- level of physiological development
- reading ability
- chronological age
- quantitative aptitude
In a normal distribution of test scores, the percentage of scores that fall at or below the mean score is
- 17.5
- 25
- 50
- 66.6
- 95
Which of the following methods is used designed to determine the primary components of intelligence?
- Test-retest
- Alternate forms
- Random sampling
- Factor analysis
- Standardization
A major contribution of Howard Gardner's theory of intelligence is that it:
- Broadens the definition of intelligence
- Adds substantial support to the accuracy of the IQ test.
- Simplifies the ways in which intelligence is measured
- Relates the Gf-Gc theory of intelligence with environmental factors
- substantiates works such as The Bell Curve
Mike scored 85 on a standardized test with a mean of 55 and a standard deviation of 10. At approximately what percentile did she score?
- 47.5th
- 68th
- 95th
- 97th
- 99th
Jonathan's IQ score is in the 97th percentile. Of the following, which score is most likely his?
- 85
- 100
- 130
- 150
- 170
Alfred Binet was primarily concerned with
- comparing intellectual functioning among adults
- measuring intellectual potential in children
- measuring personality in children
- measuring personality in adults
- showing how adult personality can be modified
Charles Spearman’s concept of g is most accurately defined as
- a specific type of performance that is affected by intelligence
- one of seven fundamental abilities that determine behavior
- a single, underlying intellectual capacity measured by intelligence tests
- the ability to create novel solutions to complex situations
- the storehouse of knowledge and facts that we accumulate during our adult years
A teacher finds the distribution of scores on a final exam to be positively skewed with low variability. On the basis of this information, the teacher would be most justified in concluding that
- a small number of students in the class didpoorly on the exam
- the students in her classroom have a very wide range of intellectual abilities
- the exam was too difficult
- the exam is not a reliable assessment tool
- most of her students are of above average ability
If a test taker scores one standard deviation below the mean, they are in the _______percentile.
- 2
- 16
- 84
- 98
- 99.9
If a test taker scores three standard deviations above the mean, they are in the ______percentile.
- .1
- 50
- 68
- 84
- 99.9
Ms. Neguta's class takes an exam and most of the class earns an "A" on the exam. Freddie and Claire, however, skip class that day and earn zeroes on the test. When Ms. Neguta calculates her average it will be lowered by the zeroes causing the test results to be:
- Negatively Skewed
- Positively Skewed
- Negatively Correlated
- Positively Correlated
- Standardized
If a test is highly reliable, when two versions of it are compared to each other, researchers should find a _________ between the results of the two versions:
- negative correlation
- positive correlation
- zero correlation
- negative p-value
- z-score incongruence
John is comparing two variables and finds that the correlation is +.8. He would be justified in making which of the following conclusions:
- There is very little relationship between the two variables
- Decreasing scores in one variable tends to be associated with increasing scores in the other variable
- Decreasing scores in one variable tends to be associated with decreasing scores in the other variable
- Increasing scores in one variable tends to be associated with decreasing scores in the other variable
- None of the Above
Which of the following is NOT true about a positive correlation between two variables?
- As one variable increases the other variable tends to increase
- As one variable decreases the other variable tends to decrease
- As one variable increases the other variable tends to decrease
- There is a relationship between the two variables.
- B and C are not true
Which of the following is NOT true about a negative correlation between two variables?
- As one variable increases the other variable tends to decrease
- As one variable increases the other variable tends to increase
- As one variable decreases the other variable tends to decrease
- As one variable decreases the other variable tends to increase
- There is a relationship between the two variables
- B and C are not true
The mean score on a test will be LESS than the median score if:
- the test is reliable
- the test is positively skewed
- the test is negatively skewed
- the test is valid
- the test is normal
If the variance of a set of scores is 9, the standard deviation will be
- .9
- 9
- 100
- 81
- 3
Alfred Binet’s most important contribution to psychology was in the area of
- intelligence testing
- visual perception
- psychopathology
- comparative psychology
- classical conditioning
Which of the following sets of scores has the greatest standard deviation?
- 5, 7, 9, 12
- 2, 7, 9, 22
- 25, 27, 29, 32
- 50, 51, 52, 53
- 100, 101, 101, 102, 103
A test that is standardized must have all of the following attributes EXCEPT:
- Unchanging Instruction Protocols for each group that takes it
- Criteria for scoring
- Multiple choice questions
- Reliability
- Norming Procedures
The philosophical question about whether a test measures the concept it is supposed to measure (intelligence, personality, etc) relates to:
- Predictive Validity
- Construct Validity
- Split Half Reliability
- Equivalent form Reliability
- Standardization