Educational ,Intelligence and Personality Test

1. ‘Importance’ of intelligence can be judged according to which of the following?

• The perception of its existence

• The use of ‘intelligence’

• Its function in achieving social outcome that is valued by the society

• All of the above

Which of the following is NOT a situation for which intelligence test is useful?

• Assess weaknesses of a student in school

• Help psychologists design rehabilitation programmes for neuropsychological patients

• Find out the amount of future earning of a person

• Help school psychologists plan an educational intervention programme for students who

Which of the following is least predicted by intelligence?

• Academic success

• Physical height

• Occupational status

• Family income

In educational setting, it has been found that

• as grade level increases, intelligence becomes more important

• intelligence is negatively correlated with diligence

• high intelligence level leads to higher academic achievement

• IQ is only relevant when non-verbal tests are used

Intelligence can predict academic success …

• up until undergraduate degree qualification

• beyond undergraduate degree qualification

• in primary school only

• in high school only

Which of the following can be predicted by intelligence?

• Job level attained

• Job-related training performance

• Actual job performance

• All of the above

A possible reason for why intelligence is predictive of job performance is that...

• intelligence relates to the ability to handle complex information and learn

• intelligence provide the person with a sense of confidence

• intelligent individuals get along well with their supervisor who rates them favourably

• all of the above

In terms of occupational types, high IQ scores are often found

• among persons with physical jobs such as labourers

• equally across all job types

• among persons whose jobs requiring abstract thinking skills

• among army recruits

he reason for why IQ would be related to income is

• high intelligence leads the individual to seek further postgraduate training which in turn leads to highly valued and higher paid job.

• knowledge equals to money

• highly intelligent people are more likely to make themselves appear successful

• employers are more likely to employ highly respected people

When examining criterion validity of IQ, which of the following is important?

• The time of day when IQ was measured

• The IQ test that was used

• The psychologist who administer the test

• Determining the direction of causality