Unit XI Intelligence

Paul takes a test in the army to see if he would make a good pilot. Such a test is

• a standardized test.
• an aptitude test.
• an intelligence test.
• an achievement test.

If a test is reliable, it means that

• it is given in the same way every time.
• it tests what it is suppose to test.
• it is a fair assessment.
• it yields consistent results.

The standardization sample is

• the group of people who take the test.
• a random sample o fthe test takers used to evaluate the performance of others.
• the people used to represent the population for whom the test was intended.
• all the people who might ever take the test.

Mrs. Cho is careful to make sure that she fairly represents the whole year's work on the final exam for her American literature class. If Mrs. Cho achieves this goal, her test will have

• test-retest reliability.
• construct validity.
• content validity.
• split-half reliability.

Spearman argued that intelligence could be boiled down to one ability known as

• Spatial Intelligence
• Introverted Intelligence
• General Intelligence
• Extroverted Intelligence

All of the following people are known for their theories of intelligence except for

• Thurstone.
• Gardner.
• Sternberg.
• Flynn.

Santos is 8 years old and, according to the Stanford-Binet, he has a mental age of 10. What is his IQ?

• 80
• 100
• 125
• 150

The Flynn effect is the finding that

• intelligence seems to increase with every generation.
• television has decreased intellectual performance.
• linguistic skills decline with age.
• the more times people take a test, the better they tend to score.

Desmond believes that nature is far more important in shaping personality than nurture. Desmond probably believes in the strong influence of

• environment.
• culture.
• reinforcement.
• genetic.

When intelligence scores are graphed, they should create

• an increasing slope
• a normal bell curve
• an equilateral figure
• a negative correlation