Intelligence – Flashcards

It would be most reasonable to suggest that the Flynn effect is due in part to

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

Melinda completed the Computer Programming Aptitude Test when she applied for a position with Beta Electronics. Six months later, she took the same test when she applied for a position with another company. The fact that her scores were almost identical on the two occasions suggests that the test has a high degree of

Sasha is mildly mentally retarded. She has achieved the equivalent of a fifth-grade education and will soon begin vocational training so that she can earn a living. Sasha's intelligence score is most likely between

The importance of environmental influences on intelligence is provided by evidence that

During the WWI era, the U.S. government developed intelligence tests to evaluate newly arriving immigrants. For most proponents of the eugenics moment, inferior test scores were viewed as reflecting the immigrants

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

In order for Mr. and Mrs. Goldberg to best predict their newborn daughter's future intellectual aptitude they should

Intrinsic motivation is an important component of

For the original version of the Stanford-Binet, IQ was defined as

The widely used American revision of Alfred Binet's original intelligence test was developed by

The heritability of intelligence refers to

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

When Brandon was told that he correctly answered 80% of the items on a mathematical achievement test, he asked how his performance compared with that of the average test taker. Brandon's concern was directly related to the issue of

Women have been found to score lower on math tests when they are tested alongside of men. This best illustrates the impact of

Which of the following observations provides the best advice that intelligence test scores are influenced by heredity?

Before publishing her test of musical aptitude, Professor Reed first administered the test to a representative sample of people. This was most clearly necessary for test

Achievement test are designed to

The bell-shaped pattern that represents the frequency of occurrence of intelligence test scores in the general population is called a

A test that measures or predicts what is suppose to is said to have a high degree of

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

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

Girls are more likely to outperform boys in a(n)

Which pair of individuals is most likely to receive similar intelligence test scores

Most experts would agree that intelligence tests are "biased" in the sense that

A test of your capacity to learn to be an automobile mechanic would be considered a(n) ________ test

Scientists are most likely to be creative if they

Binet and Simon designed a test of intellectual abilities in order to

Individuals with Down Syndrome are

A test designed to assess whether aspiring physicians should be granted the legal right to practice medicine would most likely be considered a(n) _____ test

Boys are most likely to outnumber girls in a class designed for students gifted in

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

About _______ percent of WAIS scores fall between 85 and 115

If a test is standardized, this means that

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

Spearman's g factor refers to

The similarity between the intelligence test scores of identical twins raised apart is

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

Factor analysis is a statistical procedure used to

Test designed to predict ability to learn new skills are called ______ test

The normal curve would represent the distribution of

The characteristics of savant syndrome most directly suggests that intelligence is

If course exams assess a student's mastery of a representative sample of course material, they are said to

Although Nicole scored well above average on the SAT, she frequently loses her temper and needlessly antagonized even her best friends. Her behavior best illustrates an inadequate level of

Although diagnosed with autism and hardly able to speak coherently, 18-year-old Andrew can produce intricate and detailed drawings of scenes he has viewed only once. Andrew illustrates a condition known as