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WorksheetsMod 60/61 Intelligence Tests - AP Psych Spring 2021
Total questions: 69
Worksheet time: 1hrs 7mins
Psychological tests must have two characteristics and they are:
Reliability & Validity
Correlation & Validity
reliability and foundation
form & Norms
This persons was the first to investigate intelligence to determine a person's mental age
Lewis Terman
Alfred Binet
Charles Spearman
Skinner
The study of multiple intelligence is attributed to __.
Howard Stark
Howard Gardner
Robert Sternberg
Tony Stark
Average IQ range is
90-110
120-130
56-75
0-100
A test of your capacity to learn to be an airline pilot would be considered a(n) __________ test.
IQ Test
Interest test
Aptitude Test
Achievement Test
This individual developed the first Intelligence test to help children in French schools
P. Stanford
Cattell
Alfred Binet
Theodore Roosevelt
The fact that identical twins' IQ scores are so close together (highly correlated) even when they are raised apart suggests
intelligence is strongly genetic
intelligence has a strong environmental component
Identical twins attend better schools than fraternal twins
Adopted parents have a positive effect on intelligence.
Don's intelligence scores were average, but he has been successful as a corporate manager. Sternberg would suggest that
his verbal intelligence exceeds his performace intelligence
his performance intelligence exceeds his verbal intelligence
his academic intelligence exceeds practical intelligence
his practical intelligence exceeds his academic intelligence
Which provided the strongest evidence of environment's role in intelligence?
Adopted children's intelligence scores are more like their adoptive parents' scores than their biological parents'
Children's intelligence scores are more strongly related to their mothers' score than to their fathers'
Children moved from a deprived environment into an intellectually enriched one show gains in intellectual environment
funny Psych cartoons raise IQ scores
What is an aptitude test?
a test that can predict your future IQ
a test designed to calculate the IQ of children under the age of 4
a test designed to predict learning capacity for a particular area or particular skills
a test that can predict your future athletic capability
What is an achievement test?
an objective and standardized measure of a sample of behavior
is designed to measure a person's level of skill, accomplishment, or knowledge in a specific area
a series of studies on delayed gratification in the late 1960s and early 1970s led by psychologist Walter Mischel, then a professor at Stanford University
another name for an IQ test
Who believed that we have one general intelligence?
Charles Spearman
L.L. Thurstone
Howard Gardner
Robert Sternberg
What is a statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items?
general intelligence (g)
factor analysis
reciprocal determinism
intelligence inventory
Who identified 7 clusters of primary mental abilities?
Charles Spearman
L.L. Thurstone
Howard Gardner
Robert Sternberg
Which of the following is NOT one of Thurstone's 7 clusters of primary mental abilities?
word fluency
verbal comprehension
spatial ability
perceptual ambition
Who identified 8 relatively independent intelligences?
Charles Spearman
L.L. Thurstone
Howard Gardner
Robert Sternberg
People with ___ have an exceptional specific skill but often score low on intelligence tests and may have limited or no language ability.
savant syndrome
factor analysis
emotional intelligence
perceptual speed
Who created the triarchic theory of intelligences?
Charles Spearman
Howard Gardner
L.L. Thurstone
Robert Sternberg
Which of the following is NOT part of Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligences?
analytical intelligence
creative intelligence
practical intelligence
emotional intelligence
Which of the following is not a component of emotional intelligence?
perceiving emotions
understanding emotions
managing emotions
practicing emotions
Which type of test is designed to assess what a person has learned?
achievement tests
aptitude tests
Which type of test is designed to predict a person's future performance?
achievement test
aptitude test
Who coined the phrase "nature vs. nurture" and wrote Hereditary Genius?
Francis Galton
Alfred Binet
Lewis Terman
David Wechsler
Who measured a child's mental age and was the first to design tests to predict school achievement?
William Stern
Alfred Binet
Lewis Terman
David Wechsler
Which criterion defines uniform testing procedures and meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested group?
standardization
validity
reliability
Tests that tap the pertinent behavior, or criterion, have what type of validity?
content validity
predictive validity
What is the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to?
standardization
reliability
validity
What is the extent to which a test yields consistent results, as assessed by the consistency of scores on 2 halves of the test, alternative forms of the test, or on retesting?
standardization
reliability
validity
Charles Spearman created the Two Factor Theory of Intelligence.
True
False
Which of the following critiques the idea that intelligence is the ability to think logically?
Thinking logically omits important skills such as body-kinesthetic abilities and spatial abilities
Thinking logically involves problem solving and critical thinking
Logical thinking equals intelligence, therefore, there is no critique.
None of the above
Gardner suggests intelligence includes all of the following except:
verbal abilities
naturalistic intelligence
mathematical reasoning skills
achieving over a 70 on an IQ test
Sternberg proposed which of the following theories?
Triarchic Theory
Strength and Talents Theory
Eight Intelligence Theory
G and S Factor Theory
Which percentage non-autistic people have savant abilities?
10%
1%
11%
7%
Which of the following is NOT one of Gardner’s multiple intelligences?
Naturalist
Spatial
General
Musical
Which is designed to predict a person’s future performance?
Mental age
Intelligence test
Achievement test
Aptitude test
The extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest is called __________________________.
standardization.
reliability.
content validity.
predictive validity.
Who coined the phrase "nature vs. nurture" and wrote Hereditary Genius?
Francis Galton
Alfred Binet
Lewis Terman
David Wechsler
Tests that tap the pertinent behavior, or criterion, have what type of validity?
content validity
predictive validity
What is the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to?
standardization
reliability
validity
What is the extent to which a test yields consistent results, as assessed by the consistency of scores on 2 halves of the test, alternative forms of the test, or on retesting?
standardization
reliability
validity
Which criterion defines uniform testing procedures and meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested group?
standardization
validity
reliability
Who created the most widely used individual intelligence test, WAIS?
David Wechsler
Alfred Binet
Francis Galton
William Stern
About what percent of the products last between 12 and 15 days?
About what percent of the products last 6 days or less?
The ability to learn from experience, solve problems and use knowledge to adapt to new situations
(a)
Match the following
a general intelligence factor that, according to Spearman and others, underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test
general intelligence
the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations
intelligence
a statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items (called factors) on a test; used to identify different dimensions of performance that underlie a person's total score.
factor analysis
a condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill, such as in computation or drawing
savant syndrome
Match the following
devised theory of multiple (8) intelligences: logical-mathematic, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, intrapersonal, linguistic, musical, interpersonal, naturalistic
Howard Gardner
intelligence; devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (analytical problem-solving, practical, and creative)
Robert Sternberg
psychologist; proposed that intelligence consisted of 7 different primary mental abilities: word fluency, verbal comprehension, spatial ability, perceptual speed, numerical ability, inductive reasoning, memory
LL Thurstone
creator of "g-factor", or general intelligence, concept
Charles Spearman
Match the following
is assessed by intelligence tests, which present well-defined problems having a single right answer
analytical intelligence
demonstrated in innovative smarts: the ability to adapt to new situations and generate novel ideas
creative intelligence
required for everyday tasks that may be poorly defined and may have multiple solutions
practical intelligence
narrows the available problem solutions to determine the single best solution
convergent thinking
expands the number of possible problem solutions
divergent thinking
passion and perseverance in the pursuit of long-term goals
(a)
Match the following
basic intelligence predicts our abilities in varied academic areas
Spearman's general intelligence (g)
our intelligence is broken down into seven distinct factors
Thurstone's primary mental abilities
our abilities are best classified into eight or nine independent intelligences, which inlclude a broad range of skills beyond traditional school smarts
Gardner's multiple intelligences
intelligence is classified into three areas that predict real world success: analytical, creative and practical
Sternberg's triarchic theory
a key aspect, consisting of perceiving, understanding, managing and using emotions
emotional intelligence
Match the following
a method for assessing an individual's mental aptitudes and comparing them with those of others, using numerical scores
intelligence test
a test designed to assess what a person has learned
achievement test
a test designed to predict a person's future performance; aptitude is the capacity to learn
aptitude test
rules test online for drivers' permit
(driving) achievement test
road test for drivers' license
(driving) aptitude test
True or False: A person's IQ score is strongly correlated with their SAT scores.
True
False
a measure of intelligence test performance devised by Binet; the chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance
(a)
A person's (a) is equal to their (b) divided by their (c) X (d) .
Match the following
created an intelligence test for children that consists of 15 subtests, including: similarities, vocabulary, block design and letter-number sequencing
David Wechsler
He is also known for his longitudinal research on gifted kids. Also known for revising and creating the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test
Lewis Terman
interested in link between heredity and intelligence; founder of the eugenics movement
Francis Galton
pioneer in intelligence (IQ) tests, designed a test to identify slow learners in need of help-not applicable in the U.S. because it was too culture-bound
Alfred Binet
Match the following
defining uniform testing procedures and meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested group
standardization
the symmetrical bell-shaped curve that describes the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes.
normal curve
the extent to which a test yields consistent results, as assessed by the consistency of scores on two halves of the test, on alternate forms of the test, or on retesting
reliability
A measure of reliability in which a test is split into two parts and an individual's scores on both halves are compared.
split-half reliability
a method for determining the reliability of a test by comparing a test taker's scores on the same test taken on separate occasions
test-retest reliability
Match the following
the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to
validity
the extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest
content validity
The success with which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to predict;
predictive validity
the narrower the range of data under consideration, the lower the chances that the results are strongly correlated
diminishing predictive power
