Intelligence and Ability

Which psychologist gave the above-mentioned concept?

• Alfred Binet

• Louis Thurstone

• Arthur Jensen

• Charles Spearman

Our visual and tactile world consists of objects situated in space. Gaining an understanding of the attributes of those objects and where they are placed are some of the most important aspects of development in a young child’s life. Here are few reasons why:

-  Allows children to mentally and physically organise things in their world.

-  Awareness of space allow children to locate objects and navigate successfully in their environments

Which type of ability is referred above?

 

• Perceptual

• Spatial

• Inductive Reasoning

• Memory

____________________ is a measure of a person’s intellectual development relative to people of their age group.

• Biological Age

• Chronological Age

• Mental Age

• Aptitude

________________________ is a preference for a particular activity; ________________ is the potentiality to perform that activity.

• Interest/ aptitude

• Aptitude/ interest

• Values/ aptitude

• Interest/ values

How are types of intelligence tests classified:

 

•   On the basis of their administration procedure.

• On the basis of the nature of items.

• Extent to which an intelligence test favours one culture over another.

• All of the above

Expand DAT:

 

• Differential Aptitude Tests

• Differential Attitude Tests

• David’s Aptitude Tests

• Different Aptitude Tests

Non-verbal and performance tests help reduce the cultural bias usually associated with ___________________ tests.

• Speed tests

• Power tests

• Verbal tests

• Culture fair tests

The Candle Problem is a classic test of creative problem solving developed by psychologist Karl Duncker in 1945. Subjects are given a candle, a box of thumbtacks, and a book of matches, and asked to affix the lit candle to the wall so that it will not drip wax onto the table below. The test challenges functional fixedness, a cognitive bias that makes it difficult to use familiar objects in abnormal ways. What type of ability one would require performing well on this test?

• Convergent thinking

• Spontaneity, originality, and imagination.

• Logical thinking

• Memory, accuracy, perceptual ability

In 2019, lawsuits were filed against the University of California to eliminate the requirement of SAT or ACT for students to be considered for admission. The lawsuits were filed on behalf of the Compton Unified School District, four students and six community organizations claim that the tests are biased and don’t predict a student’s potential success. Which type of tests are SAT or ACT?

 

• Non-verbal tests

• Verbal test

• Culture biased tests

• Culture fair tests

Which type of intelligence test is Koh’s Block Design test?

 

• Culture biased test

• Performance test

• Non-verbal test

• Verbal test