Module 27

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

• existential intelligence

• multiple intelligence

• the g factor

• test reliability

Emotional intelligence is a critical component of

• creative intelligence

• practical intelligence

• analytical intelligence

• social intelligence

If someone is amazing with numbers and seems to learn math easily, while someone else has wonderful writing and reading skills, Gardner would say they are respectively high in ________ intelligence and _________ intelligence.

• naturalist; existential

• analytical; "book smarts"

• spatial; interpersonal

• logical-mathematical; linguistic

A 12 year old who responded to the original Stanford-Binet with the proficiency typical of an average 9-year-old was said to have an IQ of

• 113

• 100

• 85

• 75

What is meant when someone says a test is standardized?

• it measures what it is supposed to measure

• most scores will cluster near the average

• results are consistent on different occasions

• a person's performance is compared to that of a representative pretested group

If someone receives the diagnosis of intellectually disabled, it is most likely they

• are unusually creative

• received an intelligence test score between 60-100

• was born with a missing chromosome

• has difficulty adapting to the demands of independent adult life

If researchers take the intelligence quotient of multiple people of different ages and compares them, what kind of study are they conducting?

• Longitudinal

• Correlation

• Cross-Sectional

• a reliable one

Researchers want to determine a person's IQ from their height starting in adulthood. This test would be __________, but not _____________.

• reliable; consistent

• standardized; valid

• reliable; valid

• standardized; consistent

The eugenics movement would have been most likely to encourage

• selective breeding of highly intelligent people

• creation of special education programs for intellectually inferior children

• construction of tests to measure a variety of intelligences

• use of test standardization for identification of various types of intelligence.

The original IQ formula would be LEAST appropriate for representing the intelligence test performance of

• kindergartners

• elementary school students

• middle school students

• university students