AP Psych Unit 5 Part 2 Review: Intelligence

G factor implies that intelligence is

• single overall ability
• several specific abilities
• can't be defined or measured
• reified concept

Most experts view intelligence as a person's

• ability to perform well on intelligence tests
• innate mental capacity
• ability to learn from experiencce, solve problems, and adapt to new situations
• diverse skills acquired throughout life

Melvin had been diagnosed with savant syndrome, which means that he

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

Don's intelligence scores were average, but he has been successful as a corporate manager. Sternberg would suggest that 

• his verbal intelligence exceeds his performace intelligence
• his performance intelligence exceeds his verbal intelligence
• his academic intelligence exceeds practical intelligence
• his practical intelligence exceeds his academic intelligence

The test created by Alfred Binet was designed specifically to

• measure inborn intelligence in adults

• measure inborn intelligence in children

• predict school performance in children

• identify intellectually disabled children so that they can institutionalized

A 6-year-old has                                                                                                      a mental age of 9. The child's IQ is

• 96
• 100
• 125
• 150

Current intelligence tests compute an individual's intelligence score as 

• MA divided by  CA X 100
• CA divided by MA X 100
• the amount one deviates from the avg. performances of peers
• verbal score to nonverbal intelligence score

What can be concluded form early intelligence testing in the United States?

• Most European immigrants were "feeble-minded"
• Army recruits of other than West European heritage were intellectually deficient
• tests were biased against people who did not share the culture assumed by the test
• None of these things can be concluded

Tests of _____ measure what an individual can do now, whereas tests of ____ predict what an individual can do later.

• aptitude; achievement 
• achievement; aptitude
• reliability; validity
• validity; reliability

Standardization refers to the process of 

• accuracy with which a test measures what it is supposed to
• scores relative to a representative pretested group
• consistency of test scores obtained by retesting people
• success with which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to predict