Unit 11 Intelligence and testing

A test of your capacity to learn to be an airline pilot would be considered a(n) __________ test. 

• reliability
• interest
• achievement
• aptitude

Although Nicole scored well above average on the SAT, she frequently loses her temper and needlessly antagonizes even her best friends. Her behavior best illustrates a low level of:

• convergent thinking
• validity
• mental age
• emotional intelligence

Those who score above average on tests of mathematical aptitude are also likely to score above average on tests of verbal aptitude. According to Spearman, this best illustrates the importance of: 

• predictive validity
• factor analysis
• the g factor
• reliability

A test that is designed to show what you have already learned (Like the AP Psych Test, and most of your tests) is termed:

• Self Report
• Aptitude
• Achievement
• Observational

A person with lower than average intelligence who has an amazing, unusual mental skill is known as a

• genius
• savant
• prodigy
• freak

Who developed the theory of multiple intelligences that included at least 8 different types?

• Binet
• Terman
• Gardner
• Wecshler

A test is said to be reliable if it:

• measures what it is supposed to measure
• gives consistent results for any given person
• tests many different abilities
• does not show racial and ethnic differences in scores

If you take a test and it was not over what you covered in class, the test would not be considered?

• Reliable
• Valid
• standardized
• concurrent

Who first developed an "intelligence" test to establish the idea of "mental age"?

• Stanford
• Binet
• Gardner
• Sternberg

Validity means that 

• a test measures what it is supposed to measure
• that a test has been tested on many subjects
• a test measures both aptitude and acheivement
• scores are the same no matter who grades the test