Ch.9 quizzes – Flashcards

Which of the following professionals would most likely display spatial intelligence?

A psychological test is valid when it:

In what way do current theories of intelligence differ from those offered earlier in psychology's history?

A psychological test is reliable when it:

The IQ of intellectually gifted individuals is ______.

Coral's IQ score is 104. She is in good company:nearly ___ out of 10 people have IQ scores between 85 and 115.

Studies of changes in intelligence as a function of aging suggest that:

Peoples whose IQ score ranges from 40-54 are most probably:

Ashley, a psychology major, remarks that she has become interested in the study of intelligence. In other words, Ashely is interested in:

Etta is taking an intelligence test based on Gardner's multiple intelligences theory. How is Etta's performance likely to be scored?

The term __ refers to a measure of the degree to which a characteristic can be attributed to genetic factors.

In contrast to ____, _____ is more a reflection of the culture in which a person is raised.

Based on the text's discussion, which of the following alternatives best captures the difference, if any, between the terms mental retardation and intellectual disability?

Which of the following is NOT among the disadvantages of group IQ tests?

Contemporary tests of intelligence are in widespread use in the united state except the:

Imagine that overall, 6-year-olds can complete a particular book design puzzle in 5 mins. It takes Bailey almost 8 minutes to complete the task. In Binet's terms, Bailey's __ age is ___ than 6.

Laverene's scores on different parts of an IQ test are very different from one another. Laverene's profile of scores on the test:

Which of the following statements is true about Herrnstein and Murray's arguments in The Bell Curve?

As compared to more typical individuals, the intellectually gifted are characterized by being all of the following except:

Knowledge of the internal aspects of oneself is termed as ____.

Peyton has an IQ score of 60. Although her development was typically slower than that of her peers, she is now able to hold a job and will soon start a family of her own. Peyton is most probably:

____ is the single factor for mental ability assumed to underline intelligence in some early theories of intelligence

The property by which tests measure consistently what they are trying to measure is known as ____.

Early theorists such as Spearman argued that g represented general intelligence. According to these theorist, individuals high in g:

Intelligence that reflects the ability to reason abstractly is termed ____ intelligence.

People who are high in ___ intelligence are able to learn general norms and principles and apply them appropriately.

The g-factor is:

The ___ area of the brain is critical to juggling many pieces of information simultaneously and solving new problems.

About 95% of the population have an IQ score between ____ and ___.

The study of the intellectually gifted is associated with Terman, who began studying high IQ children in the:

Laura is 8; her performance on a series of tasks is equivalent to that of the average 10- year-old. Her intelligence quotient is:

Which of the following alternatives offers the most accurate assessment of the origin of familial retardation in nature on the one hand, or nurture on the other?

An online intelligence test yields a different IQ each time you take it, The test is: