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Researchers are in the process of developing a new college entrance exam. They want to ensure that wherever the test is given, it will be administered, scored, and interpreted in the same manner. In other words, the researchers are concerned with

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standardization

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Smedley has a theory that intelligence is related to body temperature. He uses an oral thermometer to measure intelligence. His data most likely have

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good reliability but poor validity.

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Studies suggest that there is a positive correlation between intelligence and the brain's:

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neural processing speed.

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Generating multiple possible answers to a problem illustrates:

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divergent thinking.

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

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aptitude

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With increasing age, adopted children's intelligence test scores become ________ like their adoptive parents' scores and ________ similar to their biological parent's scores.

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less; more

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While taking her chemistry midterm, Irene noticed that several questions asked her to identify several countries on a map. Based on what Irene had learned in her Psych 100 class, she argued with her professor that the chemistry midterm was not measuring what it was supposed to measure because it lacked _______ validity.

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content

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In order to apply for his current job as a clerk at a law firm, Jason was required to take a difficult test that measured his previous accomplishments and his existing knowledge in the area of law. This kind of test is known as a(n) ______ test.

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achievement

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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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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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ChunJing is reading about the history of IQ testing. She finds that Binet's original intelligence test did not

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include items for adults.

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When Professor McGuire asks her students to answer questions in class, she can quickly tell from their facial expressions whether they are happy to participate. Professor McGuire's perceptual skill best illustrates:

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emotional intelligence.

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When Avena was 9 years old she took the WISC, and her IQ was estimated to be 106. Avena, who is now 27, took the WAIS, and her IQ was estimated to be 110. Avena's IQ scores indicate that the Weschler tests have good ___________ reliability.

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alternate form

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Bill and Ted had an excellent time-travel adventure back to 1916. In order to come back to the present, Bill (who is a little below average in intelligence) needs a score of 115 on the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test. Bill has to convince Professor Terman that he is ______ than he actually is, because the Stanford-Binet IQ was calculated as ______.

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younger; (mental age/chronological age) ´ 100

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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:

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reliability.

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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:

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the Flynn effect.

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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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Katrina received a 740 on her Math SAT. She decided to take the SAT again and received a 720. The reason the scores are so similar is because the SAT has high

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reliability.

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

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identify children likely to have difficulty learning in regular school classes.

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A measure of intelligence based on head size is likely to have a ________ level of reliability and a ________ level of validity.

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high; low

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Research on intelligence and brain functioning indicates that highly intelligent children demonstrate ______ than their less intelligent counterparts.

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greater neural plasticity

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Keala took a test to measure his potential for college success. Keala must have taken a(n) ________ test.

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aptitude

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According to the textbook, it is difficult to define "intelligence" because

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there is no universally agreed-upon definition

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A 12-year-old 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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Dr. Yatvin administered his new intelligence test to a group of subjects and then compared each subject's score on the odd-numbered questions to their scores on the even-numbered questions. He found a large positive correlation between the odd and even scores, indicating the test has

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split-half reliability.

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We have conducted the same experiment fifteen times, and each time we obtain the same results. We can conclude that our data are probably

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reliable.

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Mr. and Mrs. Linkletter are parents of an intellectually disabled (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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Terman's longitudinal study of people with extremely high IQs found that nearly all of them

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had higher than average physical and mental health.

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Everyone would agree that intelligence tests are "biased" in the sense that:

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test performance is influenced by cultural experiences.

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Brain size (adjusted for body size) is ________ correlated with intelligence, and the speed of taking in perceptual information is ________ correlated with intelligence.

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positively; positively

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Research on gender and emotional intelligence suggests that women are more skilled than men at:

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interpreting others' facial expressions of emotion.

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Alfred Binet developed his intelligence test to

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identify children who needed special education programs.

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

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normal curve.

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To assess mental age, Binet and Simon measured children's:

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reasoning skills.

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

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reification

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Jeremy has a score of 115 on an IQ test that can be compared to the scores of hundreds of other people who took the same test. The capability to compare scores statistically is a function of

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norms.

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Robert Sternberg distinguished among analytical, practical, and ________ intelligence.

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creative

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Intrinsic motivation is thought to be an important component of:

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creativity

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If a test is ______________ , it will also be ______________.

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valid; reliable

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"Gifted child" programs can lead to ______ by implicitly labeling some students as "ungifted" and isolating them from an enriched educational environment.

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self-fulfilling prophecies

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Twenty-five-year-old Alexandra is mentally handicapped and can neither read nor write. However, after hearing lengthy, unfamiliar, and complex musical selections just once, she can reproduce them precisely on the piano. It is likely that Alexandra is:

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someone with savant syndrome.

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As a school administrator, you have been asked to identify students who have scored at the 50th percentile or above on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children—Revised (WISC-R). This means that you must identify only those students whose scores on the test (the IQ scores) are at least ______________ or higher.

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100

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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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The eugenics movement would have been most likely to encourage:

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selective breeding of highly intelligent people.

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Many World War I recruits were from isolated rural areas and did not have a formal education or even know how to read. In order to assess such recruits' intelligence, the U.S. Armed Forces gave them the ______ test.

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Beta

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Cosette took an intelligence test that used age-graded tasks similar to the original Stanford-Binet. Cosette, who is eight years old, most likely will

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have her mental age compared to her chronological age.

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Jim, age 55, plays basketball with much younger adults and is concerned that his teammates might consider his age to be a detriment to their game outcome. His concern actually undermines his athletic performance. This best illustrates the impact of:

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stereotype threat.

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Karen developed a test to measure hostility within the work environment. Her test had a high correlation with employees who were terminated because of anger management issues. You could say that Karen's measure has a high degree of

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criterion validity.

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The characteristics of savant syndrome most directly suggest that intelligence is:

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a diverse set of distinct abilities.

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The WAIS consists of separate ________ subtests.

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verbal and performance

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