AP Psych Intelligence

22 year old Dan has an intelligence score of 63 and the academic skills of a 4th grader. He is unable to live independently.  Dan probably

• has an exceptional need/intellectual disability
• has savant syndrome
• will eventually achieve self supporting social and vocational skills
• is a divergent thinker

At age 16 Angel's intelligence score was 110.  What will her score probably be at age 32?

• 125
• 110
• 115
• There is no basis for predicting an individual's future IQ

Amelia recently took a test that assessed her ability to perform at the University level. The test she took was the 

• Graduation Exam
• WISC
• SAT
• None of these tests because they are all achievement tests

Melvin has been diagnosed as having savant syndrome, which means

• he has an IQ of 120 or higher
• would score high on a test of analytical intelligence
• is limited in mental ability but has 1 exceptional ability
• was exposed to high levels of testosterone during prenatal development

Jack takes the same test of mechanical reasoning on several different days and gets virtually identical scores.  This suggests that the test has

• high content validity
• high reliability
• high predictive validity
• been standardized

Before becoming attorneys, law students must pass a special licensing exam, which is an _______ test.  before entering college, high school students must take the ACT, which is an ________test.

• achievement; aptitude
• aptitude; achievement
• achievement; achievement
• aptitude; aptitude

If you compare the same trait in people of similar heredity who live in different environments, heritability for that trait will be __; heritability for the trait is most likely to be __ among people of different hereditites who live in similar environments.

• low; high
• high; low
• environmental; genetic
• genetic; environmental

If you wanted to develop a test of musical aptitude in North American children, which would be the appropriate standardization group?

• children all over the world

• North American musical children

• children of musical parents

• children with known musical ability

Don's intelligence scores were only average, but he has been very successful as a corporate manager.  This suggests:

• Don's verbal intel exceeds his performance intel
• Don's performance intel exceeds his verbal
• Don's academic intel exceeds his practical intel
• Don's practical intel exceeds his academic intel

A psychologist uses statistics to show a cluster of intelligence topics such as (spatial ability & verbal intel) that are related to one another.  This psychologist is probably using

• the WAIS
• the IQ formula
• factor analysis
• the standardization formula