AP Psych Intelligence

Which of the following is NOT one of Gardner’s multiple intelligences?

• Naturalist

• Spatial

• General

• Musical

Which of Sternberg’s areas of intelligence focuses on everyday task success?

• Analytical

• Academic

• Creative

• Practical

Which ability in emotional intelligence refers to predicting how emotions may change and blend?

• Perceiving

• Understanding

• Managing

• Using

Which is designed to predict a person’s future performance?

• Mental age

• Intelligence test

• Achievement test

• Aptitude test

The extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest is called __________________________.

• standardization.

• reliability.

• content validity.

• predictive validity.

Which of the following is likely NOT an indication of intellectual disability?

• An IQ score of 70

• An IQ score of 135

• Down syndrome

• Savant syndrome

Studies of gender differences in intelligence show that ______________.

• Girls are better than boys in complex math.

• Boys are better than girls in detecting emotion.

• Girls are better than boys in spelling.

• Boys are better than girls in locating objects.

A self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype is called (an) ___________.

• crystallized intelligence.

• intellectual disability.

• stereotype threat.

• heritability.

Jacob is 9 years old and academically performs at a 12 year-old level. What’s his average IQ?

• 75

• 133

• 13

• 100

Peter is doing a research paper on intelligence and notices that IQ scores have significantly increased over the years. This is called (the)__________________.

• Flynn effect.

• reliability.

• content validity.

• normal curve.