Intro to Psych Test 2

If asked to guess the intelligence score of a stranger, your best guess would be __, because it is the average IQ score.

• 70

• 120

• 100

• 160

The French psychologist who devised a test to predict the success of children in school was Binet. Predictions were made by comparing children’s chronological ages with their ____ ages, which were determined by the test

One requirement of a good test is the process of defining meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested group, which is called ______.

• Random Sampling

• Standardization

• Normal Distribution

• Comparator

If a test yields consistent results, it is said to be______.

• Reliable

• Standardized

• Valid

• Normal

The degree to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to is referred to as the test’s _____.

If you wanted to develop a test of musical aptitude in North American children, which would be the appropriate standardization group?

• Children all over the world

• North American Children

• Children of musical parents

• Children with known musical ability

A 6 year-old has a mental age of 9. Using the original formula, the child's IQ would be:

• 96

• 100

• 125

• 150

Which of the following is NOT true?

• In math computation, the average girl typically equals or surpasses the average boy.

• The gender gap in math test scores is increasing.

• Women are better than men at detecting emotions.

• Males score higher than females on tests of spatial abilities.

The existence of _____ reinforces the generally accepted notion that intelligence is a multidimensional quality.

• Adaptive skills

• Stereotype threat

• General intelligence

• Savant syndrome

The bell-shaped pattern of intelligence scores in the general population is called a

• g distribution

• standardized curve

• intelligence quotient

• normal curve