intelligence

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

• reliability
• interest
• achievement
• aptitude

When a person's test performance can be compared with that of a representative and pretested sample of people, the test is said to be

• reliable
• standardized
• valid
• normally distributed

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

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

• Reliable
• Valid

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

• Reliable
• Valid

Which of the following best describes Charles Spearman’s g of intelligence?

• There are many factors that determine intelligence, but genetics is the most important one

• The g is measured by the speed with which one can process information

• A general intelligence that underlies success on a wide variety of tasks is g.

• Giftedness is determined by both innate ability to perform and experiences one has in life.

The Flynn effect refers to the fact that

• White and Black infants score equally well on measures of intelligence
• Asian students outperform North American students on math tests
• IQ scores of today's better-fed and educated population exceed that of1930's population
• individual differences within  a race are much greater than between-race differences

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

Jo is taking a test in her sociology class and nothing on the test exemplifies the topics that were studied in the course.  This test lacks

• reliability
• content validity
• predictive validity
• standardization

While on vacation you notice that your father is awesome at identifying the different flora & fauna & your mom excels at communicating & getting along w/ the locals

• Howard Gardner would argue this shows naturalistic & visual-spatial intelligence
• Robert Sternberg would argue this shows naturalistic & visual-spatial intelligence
• Charles Spearman would argue this demonstrates multiple intelligences
• Thurstone would disagree with more than one general intelligence