2.8C&D APP

Which of the following best represents the relationship between crystallized intelligence and age?

• Jake can solve brain teasers quickly, although his parents can solve them even more quickly

• Grandpa Milt is better than his grandson Art at crossword puzzles and trivia games

• Ali has a knack for training dogs, which she learned from her mother

• Heng writes more creative computer programs than their grandmother does

Hal scored an 89 on an intelligence test when he was 16. Now, at 56, he is interested in knowing what his score would be as an adult. The score he is most likely o earn on the new test would be

• 49

• 70

• 92

• 129

Choose which concept is described in the following statement: "50% to 80% of the variation in intelligence test scores in a group can be explained by genetic variation"

• Fixed Mindset

• Fluid Intelligence

• Heritability

• Polygenic effects

There is a greater correlation between the IQ scores of identical twins raised together than for fraternal twins raised together. What conclusion can be drawn from this finding?

• there is no significant hereditary contribution to intelligence

• There is no significant environmental contribution to intelligence

• There is a genetic effect on intelligence

• there is an environmental effect on intelligence

Which of the following is true of the mental similarities between adoptive children and their adoptive parents over time?

• adoptive children become much more similar to their adoptive parents over time

• adoptive children become slightly more similar to adoptive parents over time

• there is hardly any similarity when the adoptive children are young or when they are older

• Adoptive children become less similar to their adoptive parents over time

Which of the following statements provides the most logical and objective conclusion regarding gender and mental abilities?

• on average, boys have high intelligence test scores but low mathematics achievement test scores

• boys are better at detecting emotions than are girls

• on average, boys are more verbally fluent than are girls, but they tend to express more interest in mathematics careers

• boys are more likely to be represented among those scoring extremely low and those scoring extremely high on tests of mental abilities

Which of the following best supports the conclusion that race is more of a social construct than a biological category?

• people of varying ancestry may categorize themselves as having the same race

• scores on tests of mental abilities vary by race

• stereotype threat negatively impacts attention when someone worries about their racial group's performance on a task

• cultural experiences affect mental ability test results regardless of one's racial group membership

Dr X wants his personality test to predict future behaviors similarly for all test takers. What should Dr X examine?

• stereotype threat

• stereotype lift

• test bias

• test fairness

Dr Y wants to conduct a study on how the demographic characteristics of a test administrator impact the performance on an intelligence test among a group of 8-year-old girls. After the girls draw either the number 1 or the number 2 from a hat, she assigns the girls to either 1) take the test with a man as the test administrator or 2) take the test with a woman as the test administrator. In this scenario what is the dependent variable?

• a group of 8 YO girls

• demographic characteristics of the test administrator

• intelligence test performance

• test administration

Dr Y wants to conduct a study on how the demographic characteristics of a test administrator impact the performance on an intelligence test among a group of 8-year-old girls. After the girls draw either the number 1 or the number 2 from a hat, she assigns the girls to either 1) take the test with a man as the test administrator or 2) take the test with a woman as the test administrator. Based on past research discussed in this unit, what logical and objective result might you expect from this research?

• the girls in group 1 perform better, on average, compared to the girls in group 2

• the girls in group 2 perform better, on average, compared to the girls in group 1

• the girls in group 1 perform better on the first half of the test, while the girls in group 2 perform better on the second half of the test

• the girls in group 2 perform better on the first half of the test, while the girls in group 1 perform better on the second half of the test