Intelligence & Testing Practice MCQ

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Average IQ scores have increased steadily over the past 100 years. It has been argued that this effect is most likely due to: an increase in the average number of years in school, a decrease in access to medical care, clean water, and nutritious food, an increase in population, an increase in genetic diversity.

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an increase in the average number of years in school

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Henry took an intelligence test and scored lower than he thought he should. He kept retaking the test, but he kept getting about the same score each time. This series of events indicates that the test was

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reliable

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What is the independent variable in Professor Saito's research comparing online teaching to standard classroom lectures?

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The type of course instruction

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Intelligence tests have been used throughout history to purposefully discriminate against groups of people. Claims that minority groups have lower IQ scores because of genetic factors fail to consider which of the following? IQ test scores are dependent on social factors such as educational opportunity and poverty.

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IQ test scores are dependent on social factors such as educational opportunity and poverty.

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Which type of validity is established by demonstrating that there is a correlation between scores on a test and later academic performance?

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Predictive

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Which of the following is always true of standardized tests?
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They are projective.
They are verified experimentally.
They are supposed to be administered individually.
They are supposed to be administered and scored in a consistent manner.

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They are supposed to be administered and scored in a consistent manner.

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On individual intelligence tests such as the Stanford-Binet and Wechsler scales, an IQ of 100 indicates that the test taker

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scored at the average level for test takers of the same age

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Which of the following is the most appropriate criterion for evaluating the predictive validity of an intelligence test? Intelligence quotient, Mental age, Scholastic aptitude, School grades

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School grades

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Which of the following types of test is designed to measure an individual's knowledge of a subject? Achievement, Aptitude, Predictive, Interest inventory

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Achievement

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A psychologist administered the most recent edition of the Stanford-Binet IQ test to 50 students. How many students earned scores higher than two standard deviations above the mean?

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