Testing and Individual Differences Review

Which term describes accumulated knowledge and skills, and increases as we age?

• creative intelligence

• g-factor

• fluid intelligence

• crystallized intelligence

You just bought a used car. Your friend's dad gave you this advice, "Make sure you get a mechanic who doesn't mind getting his hands dirty, and likes to work alone."    If you take his advice, what two kinds of intelligences would you like the mechanic to possess?

• Bodily/Kinesthetic and Intrapersonal
• Naturalist and Intrapersonal
• Visual/Spatial and Interpersonal
• Logical/Mathematical and Interpersonal

Stereotype threat means...

• stereotypes can be harmful to individuals

• if reminded of a negative stereotype just before taking a test, someone's score may decrease

• people can be threatened by stereotypes

• all low intelligence test scores are due to negative stereotypes

On an ELA exam about "Something Wicked This Way Comes," whether or not the questions are actually about the book relates to which of the following?

• face validity

• content validity

• construct validity

• criterion related/predictive validity

Which theorist(s) developed a theory of 7 intelligences that are all mainly academic, in conflict with Spearman's theory of Generalized Intelligence?

• Spearman

• Thurstone

• Gardner

• Sternberg

Which of the following relates to a test actually measures what it is supposed to, or how accurate a test is?

• reliability

• validity

• standardization

• face validity

Which theorist(s) developed a theory of 8 different intelligences as well as the idea of savant syndrome?

• Spearman

• Thurstone

• Gardner

• Sternberg

How consistent a test's results are

• reliability

• validity

• standardization

• IQ

Lewis Terman is best known for...

• creating a theory of multiple intelligences

• creating the Stanford-Binet intelligence test

• helping French schoolchildren

• using factor analysis to define the g-factor

Tests like the SAT, which are meant to predict students' future success, are called:

• achievement tests

• aptitude tests

• dumb tests

• personality tests