Unit 2 (Part #3): Intelligence & Achievement

True or False?

You cannot make cause-and-effect claims from correlational data.

• TRUE

• FALSE

a self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype

• stereotype lift

• stereotype threat

• confirmation bias

• sunk-cost fallacy

awareness about a negative stereotype about another group

leads people in a positively stereotyped or non-stigmatized group

to perform better!

• stereotype lift

• stereotype threat

• confirmation bias

• sunk-cost fallacy

measures your knowledge of a subject

• achievement test

• aptitude test

• projective test

• testing effect

Most appropriate criterion for evaluating the predictive validity of an intelligence test

• intelligence quote

• mental age

• scholastic aptitude

• school grades

correlation b/w scores on a test and later academic achievement

• content validity

• predictive validity

• concurrent validity

• test-retest reliability

correlation b/w scores obtained on two halves of the same test

• reliability

• validity

• central tendency of scores

• frequency distribution of scores

Wechsler Scales and Stanford-Binet tests, an average IQ score for test takers of the same age is:

• 100

• 15

• 80

• 120

Mean, median , and mode are all the same

• Normal Distribution

• Positive Skew Distribution

• Negative Skew Distribution

• Positive Correlation

Mean is higher than the median

• Normal Distribution

• Positive Skew Distribution

• Negative Skew Distribution

• Positive Correlation