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Joni claims that she is intellectually gifted because she "possesses" an IQ of 145. She is most clearly committing an error known as

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Reifiction

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

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Reification

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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

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Reification

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Factor analysis is a statistical procedure that can be used to

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Identify clusters of closely related test items

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In order to asses whether intelligence is a single trait or a collection of several distinct abilities, psychologists have made extensive use of

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Factor Analysis

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Spearman's G factor refers to...?

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A general intelligence that underlies successful performance on a wide variety of tasks

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Who would have been most enthusiastic about the value of a single intelligence test score as an index of an individuals mental capacities?

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Spearman

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A statistical procedure that identifies cluster of test items that seem to tap a common ability is called

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Factor Analysis

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Spearman referred to the general capacity that may underlie all of a person's specific mental abilities as

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The G Factor

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Those who score above average on tests of math aptitude are also likely to score above average on tests of verbal aptitude, according to Spearman, this best illustrates the importance of

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The G Factor

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

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Gardner's Concept of Multiple Intelligences

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The characteristics of savant syndrome have been used to support

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Gardners Argument For Multiple Intelligences

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Robert Sternberg distinguished among analytical, practical, and ______ intelligence

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Creative

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Of the following, who best illustrates Sternberg's concept of analytical intelligence?

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Selma, a 5th grader who solves difficult math problems in record times

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Who is most likely to be criticized for extending the definition of intelligence to an overly broad range of talents?

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Howard Gardner

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Intrinsic motivation is though to be an important component of

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Creativity

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Generating multiple possible answers to a problem illustrates

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Divergent Thinking

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The components of creativity include

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Expertise and a venturesome personality

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In one experiment, college students were either aware or unaware that experts would elevate their creativity in constructing paper collages. This experiment most directly illustrated that creativity is facilitated by

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Intrinsic Motivation

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Whenever Arlo reminded himself that his musical skills could earn him, fame, and fortune, he became less creative in his musical performance. This best illustrates that creativity may be inhibited by

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Extrinsic Motivation

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The ability to control one's impulses and delay immediate pleasures in pursuit of long term goals is most clearly a characteristic of

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emotional intelligence

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Although Nicole scored well above the average on the SAT, she commonly loses her temper and needlessly antagonizes even her beset friends. Her behavior best illustrates a low level of

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Emotional Intelligence

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One component of emotional intelligence involves

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Predicting accurately when feelings are about to change

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In very stressful or embarrassing situations, Sanura is able to maintain her poise and help others to feel comfortable, sandura's ability best illustrates the value of

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Emotional Intelligence

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To assess mental age, Binet and Simon measured childrens

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Reasoning Skills

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5 year old Wilbur performs on an intelligence test at a level characteristic of an average 4 year old. What is Wilbur's mental age?

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4

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Intelligence tests were initially designed by Binet and Simon to assess

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Academic Aptitude

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Lewis Terman's widely used american revision of Binet's original intelligence test was the

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Stanford-Binet

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In developing a test of intellectual ability for Parisian school children, Binet and Simon assumed that

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A bright child would perform like a normal child of older age

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

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Extent to which intelligence is determined by heredity

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A 12 year old girl who responded to the original Stanford-Binet with the proficiency typical of an average 9 year old was said to have an IQ of

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75

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12 year old Benjy has an IQ of 75 on the original Stanford-Binet with the proficiency typical of an average 8 year old who said

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9

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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

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133

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Sorina has a mental age of 10 and an IQ of 125 as measured by Stanford-Binet. Sonia's chronological age is

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8

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Tests designed to predict ability to learn new skills are called

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Aptitude Tests

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A test of your capacity to learn to be an automobile mechanic would be considered an ______ test

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Aptitude

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The written exam for a driver's license would most likely be considered an ______ test

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Achievement

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Tests designed to assess what a person has learned are called ______ tests

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Achievement

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Aptitude tests are specifically designed to

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Predict ability to learn a new skill

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The final exam in a calculus course is an example of

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Achievement

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The WAIS consists of separate ______ subtests

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Verbal and Performance

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When a person's test performance can be compared with that of a representative pretested sample of people, the test is said to be

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Standardized

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A bell-shaped curve that characterizes a large sample of intelligence test scores is a graphic representation of

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Normal Distribution

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Unlike today's most widely used intelligence tests, the original Stanford-Binet would be most clearly criticized with respect to its

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Standardization Sample

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

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The Flynn Effect

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The distribution of intelligence test scores in the general population forms a bell-shaped curve pattern. This pattern is called a

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Normal Curve

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About ______ percent of WIS scores fall between 85 and 115

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50

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Comparing the average performance of the initial WAIS standardization sample with the average performance of the most recent WAIS standardized sample provides convincing evidence of

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The Flynn Effect

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

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Reliability

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

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Reliability

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A test is reliable if it

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Yields dependently consistent scores

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Researchers assess the scores obtained on alternate forms of the same test in order to measure the ______ of the test

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Reliability

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Dr. Bronfman had administered her new 100-item test of abstract reasoning to a large sample of students. She is presently comparing their scores on the odd numbered questions with those on the even numbered questions in an effort to

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Determine the test's reliability

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A test that measures or predicts what it is supposed to do is said to have a high degree of

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Validity

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Your psychology professor has announced that the next test will assess your understanding of sensation and perception. When you receive the test, however, you find that very few questions actually relate to these topics. In this instance, you would be most concerned about the ______ of the test

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Validity

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

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Is not valid

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Psychologists measure the correlation between aptitude test scores and school grades in order to assess the ______ of the aptitude test

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Validity

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A college administrator is trying to assess whether an admissions test accurately predicts how well applicants will perform at this school. This administrator is most obviously concerned that the test is

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Valid

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Academic aptitude test scores are most likely to predict accurately the academic success of

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Elementary School

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A test has a high degree of validity if it

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Measures and predicts what it is supposed to measure and predict

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The best predictor that infants will develop high levels of intellectual aptitude is their

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Tendency to quickly shift their gaze from a familiar to a novel picture

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The high positive correlation between scores received in comparable sections of the SAT and GRE provide evidence for the ______ of these test scores

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Reliability

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Mr. and Mrs. Linkletter are parents of a mentally retarded child. It is most likely that their child

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Will have difficulty adapting to the normal demands of independent adult life

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A condition involving mental retardation caused by an extra chromosome in one's genetic makeup is known as

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Down Syndrome

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Which of the following observations provides the best evidence that intelligence test scores are influenced by environment?

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Fraternal twins are more similar in their intelligence scores than ordinary siblings

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The intelligence test scores of adopted children are LEAST likely to be positively correlated with the scores of their adoptive siblings during

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Early Adulthood

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Boys are most likely to outperform girls in a

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Chess Tournament

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

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Spatial Abilities

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The distribution of intelligence test scores among ______ Americans is represented by the normal curve

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Members of any of the above groups

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Research on racial and ethnic differences in intelligence indicates that

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The average mathematics achievement test scores of Asian children are notably higher than those of North American Children

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