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UNIT 11 INTELLIGENCE PRACTICE TEST

1. Because intelligence is defined according to 5. Spearman's g factor refers to
the attributes that enable success in a culture, A) the internal consistency of an intelligence
psychologists consider intelligence to be test.
A) neurologically determined. B) the genetic contribution to intelligence.
B) socially constructed. C) a general intelligence that underlies
C) based on brain structure. successful performance on a wide variety of tasks.
D) a form of neural plasticity. D) a highly developed skill or talent possessed
E) genetically predetermined. by an otherwise retarded person.
E) the ability to understand and regulate
2. Psychologists use ________ to assess emotions.
individuals' mental aptitudes and compare them
with those of others. 6. Those who emphasize the importance of the
A) neural plasticity g factor would be most likely to encourage
B) reliability coefficients A) discontinuing special programs for
C) intelligence tests intellectually advantaged children.
D) the g factor B) deriving adult intelligence test scores from
E) achievement tests the ratio of mental age to chronological age.
C) using a small standardization sample in the
3. To regard an abstract concept as if it were a process of intelligence test construction.
real, concrete thing is called D) quantifying intelligence with a single
A) inductive reasoning. numerical score.
B) heritability. E) studying autistic savants in order to research
C) factor analysis. alternative forms of intelligence.
D) reification.
E) standardization. 7. Investigators detected a tendency for those
who excelled in one of Thurstone's seven primary
4. Factor analysis has been used to assess mental abilities to also demonstrate high levels of
whether competence in other abilities. This provided some
A) intelligence is determined primarily by evidence of
heredity or by experience. A) neural plasticity.
B) intelligence is a single trait or a collection of B) standardization.
distinct abilities. C) emotional intelligence.
C) intelligence scores remain stable over the D) general intelligence.
life span. E) predictive validity.
D) differences in intellectual ability exist
between groups of individuals. 8. The characteristics of savant syndrome most
E) differences between academic achievement directly suggest that intelligence is
and intellectual ability are significant. A) a diverse set of distinct abilities.
B) largely unpredictable and unmeasurable.
C) a culturally constructed concept.
D) dependent upon the speed of cognitive
processing.
E) accurately measured by the general
intelligence factor g.

9. In 8 to 10 seconds, memory whiz Kim Peek 14. In developing a test of intellectual ability for
can read and remember the contents of a book page. Parisian schoolchildren, Binet and Simon assumed
Yet, he has little capacity for understanding abstract that
concepts. Kim's mental capacities best illustrate A) the test would measure capacities that were
A) autism. determined by heredity and thus unalterable.
B) Down syndrome. B) the test would yield an intelligence quotient
C) emotional intelligence. consisting of chronological age divided by mental
D) savant syndrome. age multiplied by 100.
E) stereotype threat. C) a bright child would perform like a normal
child of an older age.
10. Robert Sternberg distinguished among D) measures of physical and sensory skills
analytical, practical, and ________ intelligence. would be good predictors of school achievement.
A) intrapersonal E) intelligence tests translated into French
B) creative would be more valid than other tests.
C) spatial
D) musical 15. To determine whether a child's intellectual
E) physical development was fast or slow, Binet and Simon
assessed the child's
11. In very stressful or embarrassing situations, A) inductive reasoning.
Sanura is able to maintain her poise and help others B) emotional intelligence.
to feel comfortable. Sanura's ability best illustrates C) mental age.
the value of D) genetic predispositions.
A) extrinsic motivation. E) normal curve.
B) heritability.
C) divergent thinking. 16. For the original version of the Stanford-
D) savant syndrome. Binet, IQ was defined as
E) emotional intelligence. A) mental age multiplied by 100.
B) chronological age subtracted from mental
12. Research on intelligence and brain anatomy age and multiplied by 100.
indicates that highly intelligent children C) chronological age divided by mental age and
demonstrate ______ than their less intelligent multiplied by 100.
counterparts. D) mental age divided by chronological age and
A) smaller synaptic gaps multiplied by 100.
B) longer axons E) mental age multiplied by chronological age
C) greater neural plasticity divided by 100.
D) higher dopamine levels
E) faster neurotransmitters 17. Twelve-year-old Norman has an IQ of 75 on
the original version of the Stanford-Binet. His
13. Higher intelligence scores are positively mental age is
correlated with the volume of ________ in specific A) 8.
brain areas involved in memory, attention, and B) 9.
language. C) 10.
A) endorphins D) 12.
B) white matter E) 16.
C) epinephrine
D) gray matter
E) dendrites

18. The eugenics movement would have been 23. Your psychology teacher has announced that
most likely to encourage the next test will assess your understanding of
A) selective breeding of highly intelligent sensation and perception. When you receive the
people. test, however, you find that very few questions
B) creation of special education programs for actually relate to these topics. In this instance, you
intellectually inferior children. would be most concerned about the ________ of the
C) construction of culturally and racially test.
unbiased tests of intelligence. A) reliability
D) use of factor analysis for identification of B) factor analysis
various types of intelligence. C) standardization
E) identification of lower IQ students in order D) validity
to target more specific tutoring help. E) normal distribution

19. The final exam in a calculus course would 24. Some studies indicate that a rough indicator
be an example of a(n) ________ test. of infants' later intelligence is their
A) aptitude A) birth weight.
B) achievement B) readiness to sit up at an early age.
C) standardized C) readiness to crawl at an early age.
D) general intelligence D) preference for looking at a new rather than
E) diagnostic an old picture.
E) skull size at birth.
20. The distribution of intelligence test scores in
the general population forms a bell-shaped pattern. 25. A condition involving intellectual disability
This pattern is called a caused by an extra chromosome in one's genetic
A) standardization sample. makeup is known as
B) reliability coefficient. A) the Flynn effect.
C) factor analysis. B) functional fixedness.
D) normal curve. C) Down syndrome.
E) savant syndrome. D) savant syndrome.
E) autism.
21. About ________ percent of WAIS scores
fall between 70 and 130. 26. Terman observed that children with IQ
A) 10 scores over 135 are likely to
B) 30 A) be athletically uncoordinated.
C) 60 B) be academically successful.
D) 70 C) have a high degree of practical intelligence.
E) 95 D) be socially isolated.
E) have low emotional intelligence.
22. The Flynn effect is LEAST likely to be
explained in terms of 27. J. McVicker Hunt began a program of
A) changes in human genetic characteristics. tutored human enrichment in an Iranian orphanage.
B) increasing educational opportunities. This program trained caregivers to
C) reductions in family size. A) ignore babies' crying.
D) improvements in infant nutrition. B) imitate babies' babbling.
E) greater access to technology. C) assess babies' emotional intelligence.
D) calculate babies' intelligence quotients.
E) combat stereotype threat.

28. Research suggests that women are more 29. Intelligence tests are most likely to be
skilled than men at considered culturally biased in terms of their
A) avoiding emotional uncertainty. A) content validity.
B) preventing emotions from distorting B) predictive validity.
reasoning. C) normal distribution.
C) interpreting others' facial expressions of D) reliability.
emotion. E) factor analysis.
D) delaying emotional gratification in pursuit of
long-term goals. 30. Blacks have been found to score lower on
E) improving the emotional intelligence of tests of verbal aptitude when tested by Whites than
children through care-giving. when tested by Blacks. This best illustrates the
impact of
A) standardization.
B) savant syndrome.
C) emotional intelligence.
D) stereotype threat.
E) the Flynn effect.

 

 

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