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AP Psych Unit 11 Assessment - Spring 2021

Total questions: 66

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of Sternberg’s areas of intelligence focuses on everyday task success?

a)

Analytical

b)

Academic

c)

Creative

d)

Practical

2.

Which of the following is NOT one of Gardner’s multiple intelligences?

a)

Naturalist

b)

Spatial

c)

General

d)

Musical

3.

Which is designed to predict a person’s future performance?

a)

Mental age

b)

Intelligence test

c)

Achievement test

d)

Aptitude test

4.

The extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest is called __________________________.

a)

standardization.

b)

reliability.

c)

content validity.

d)

predictive validity.

5.

Which of the following is likely NOT an indication of intellectual disability?

a)

An IQ score of 70

b)

An IQ score of 135

c)

Down syndrome

d)

Savant syndrome

6.

A self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype is called (an) ___________.

a)

crystallized intelligence.

b)

intellectual disability.

c)

stereotype threat.

d)

heritability.

7.

Jacob is 9 years old and academically performs at a 12 year-old level. What’s his average IQ?

a)

75

b)

133

c)

13

d)

100

8.

Peter is doing a research paper on intelligence and notices that IQ scores have significantly increased over the years. This is called (the)__________________.

a)

Flynn effect.

b)

reliability.

c)

content validity.

d)

normal curve.

9.

Fred and Eric are identical twins. Which is likely true about their intelligence?

a)

Their intelligence test scores are closely matched.

b)

Their brain matter volume and activation are different.

c)

Their environment has no influence on their intelligence.

d)

They have the same intelligence correlations as adopted siblings would.

10.

Nadine believes that girls can’t run as fast as boys. This seems to slow her down during her co-ed race. What might she be influenced by?

a)

Heritability

b)

Stereotype threat

c)

Fluid intelligence

d)

The Flynn effect

11.
Those who score above average on tests of mathematical aptitude are also likely to score above average on tests of verbal aptitude. According to Spearman, this best illustrates the importance of: 
a)
predictive validity
b)
factor analysis
c)
the g factor
d)
reliability
12.
Researchers assess the correlation between scores obtained on two halves of a single test in order to measure the _______ of a test. 
a)
validity
b)
reliability
c)
standardization
d)
factor analysis
13.
Validity is...
a)
When tests are administered and scored the same way every time.
b)
The ability to measure what the test was intended to measure
c)
The moment when a test becomes legitimate.  
d)
A test that validates a students intelligence.  
14.
This persons was the first to investigate intelligence to determine a person's mental age
a)
Lewis Terman
b)
Alfred Binet
c)
Charles Spearman
d)
B.F. Skinner⋰
15.
Of the following, which test is the most widely used intelligence test today?
a)
WAD
b)
Binet-Simon Intelligence Test
c)
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
d)
Stanford-Binet test
16.

According to Howard Gardner, how many different intelligence's are there?

a)

6

b)

7

c)

9

d)

8

17.

Because of his accumulated years of knowledge about psychology, Dr. Hernandez has decided that his fiftieth birthday would be the perfect time to begin writing an introductory psychology textbook. It would demonstrate his

a)

factor analysis

b)

fluid intelligence

c)

predictive validity

d)

crystallized intelligence

18.

A person's ability to reason speedily and abstractly (for example, in solving novel logic problems) decreases slowly up to about age 75, then more rapidly, especially after age 85. This type of ability is also known as

a)

factor analysis

b)

factor analysis

c)

crystallized intelligence

d)

fluid intelligence

19.

David Sternberg says there are three types of intelligence. Creative, Practical and ________________.

a)

Analytical

b)

General

c)

Advanced

d)

Basic

20.

A person with lower than average intelligence who has an amazing, unusual mental skill is known as a

a)

genius.

b)

savant.

c)

prodigy.

d)

freak.

21.

When intelligence scores are graphed, they should create

a)

an increasing slope.

b)

a normal bell curve.

c)

an equilateral figure.

d)

a negative correlation.

22.

Psychological tests must have two characteristics and they are

a)

validity and reliability.

b)

correlation and validity.

c)

reliability and foundation.

d)

reliability and correlation.

23.

Although Nicole scored well above average on the SAT, she frequently loses her temper and needlessly antagonizes even her best friends. Her behavior best illustrates a low level of

a)

convergent thinking.

b)

validity.

c)

mental age.

d)

emotional intelligence.

24.

A test is said to be reliable if it

a)

measures what it is supposed to measure.

b)

gives consistent results for any given person.

c)

tests many different abilities.

d)

does not show racial and ethnic differences in scores.

25.

When a person's test performance can be compared with that of a representative and pretested sample of people, the test is said to be

a)

reliable.

b)

standardized.

c)

valid.

d)

normally distributed.

26.

A test that is designed to show what you have already learned (Like the AP Psych Test, and most of your tests) is termed a(n)

a)

self report.

b)

aptitude test.

c)

achievement test.

d)

observation.

27.

When seeing if a test is reliable, taking it more than once is called the

a)

alternate form.

b)

split half.

c)

equivalent form.

d)

Test-Retest.

28.

Bethany has a mental age of 5. This means that she must

a)

be 5 years old.

b)

have answered test items that could be answered by an average 5-year-old.

c)

have answered at least half of the items considered appropriate for the average 6-year-old.

29.

A statistical procedure that identifies clusters of test items that seem to tap a common ability is called

a)

correlational measurement.

b)

standardization.

c)

factor analysis.

d)

reliability assessment.

30.

Factor analysis is a statistical procedure that can be used to

a)

identify clusters of closely related test items.

b)

evaluate how accurately test items predict a criterion behavior.

c)

provide a quantitative estimate of heritability.

d)

extract test norms from a standardization sample.

e)

derive IQ scores by comparing mental age with chronological age.

31.

The psychologist who disagreed with Spearman about the nature of intelligence, identifying seven clusters of primary mental abilities rather than one general intelligence factor, was

a)

Peek.

b)

Sternberg.

c)

Gardner.

d)

Thurstone.

e)

Wagner.

32.

Twin and adoption studies are helpful for assessing the ________ of intelligence.

a)

content validity

b)

predictive validity

c)

standardization

d)

reliability

e)

heritablity

33.

According to Raymond Cattell, what is the major difference between crystallized intelligence and fluid intelligence?

a)

Crystallized refers to problem-solving abilities, fluid is the ability to absorb and retain information.

b)

Crystallized is the ability to absorb and retain information, fluid refers to problem-solving abilities.

c)

Crystallized is the ability to be analytical, fluid is the ability to read and write.

d)

Crystallized is the ability to absorb information, fluid is the ability to analyze information.

34.

The ability to control one's impulses and delay immediate pleasures in pursuit of long-term goals is most clearly a characteristic of

a)

heritability.

b)

mental age.

c)

emotional intelligence.

d)

divergent thinking.

35.

The French government commissioned Binet to develop an intelligence test that would

a)

reduce the need to rely on teachers' subjectively biased judgments of students' learning potential.

b)

use achievement test scores to accurately predict aptitude.

c)

effectively distinguish between practical and creative intelligence.

d)

demonstrate the innate intellectual superiority of western European races.

36.

Everyone would agree that intelligence tests are “biased” in the sense that

a)

reliability may be low but the content validity of IQ tests is high.

b)

the heritability of intelligence is very high.

c)

the reliability of intelligence tests is close to zero.

d)

test performance is influenced by cultural experiences.

37.

The similarity between intelligence scores of fraternal twins reared together is

a)

less than that between identical twins reared apart.

b)

equal to that between identical twins reared apart.

c)

less than that between children and their biological parents.

d)

equal to that between ordinary siblings reared together.

38.
Mindset is a simple idea discovered by world-renowned Stanford University psychologist ______  _______ in decades of research on achievement and success.
a)
Robert Sternberg
b)
Karen Dwick
c)
Carol Dweck
d)
Carol Sternberg
39.
In a _______ mindset, people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work—brains and talent are just the starting point
a)
Fixed
b)
Growth
40.
96% of people fall within 30 points of what IQ score?
a)
80
b)
90
c)
100
d)
110
41.
Being "body smart" refers to which type of intelligence, according to Gardner?
a)
Interpersonal
b)
Spatial
c)
Logical
d)
Kinestheic
42.

A 9 year old has the mental age of a 6 year old. What's her IQ?

a)

67

b)

100

c)

133

d)

50

43.

Aptitude tests are to ________ as achievement tests are to ________.

a)

future performance; current competence

b)

current competence; future performance

c)

past competence; current interests

d)

current interests; past competence

44.

Which provided the strongest evidence of environment's role in intelligence?

a)

Adopted children's intelligence scores are more like their adoptive parents' scores than their biological parents'

b)

Children's intelligence scores are more strongly related to their mothers' score than to their fathers'

c)

Children moved from a deprived environment into an intellectually enriched one show gains in intellectual environment

d)

funny Psych cartoons raise IQ scores

45.

HAVING 47 CHROMOSOMES IN EACH CELL INSTEAD OF 46 IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF

a)

down syndrome

b)

cretinism

c)

hydrocephaly

d)

microcephaly

46.
The same people studied and retested over a long period in a ___________ study.
a)
concrete operational.
b)
longitudinal.
c)
postconventional.
d)
cross-sectional.
47.
research is used to examine one variable in different groups that are similar in all other characteristics.
a)
longitudinal
b)
cross sectional
48.

if someone with down syndrome has children could they inherit the disease

a)

they could but not always

b)

all the time

c)

never

d)

they can't

49.

The Head Start program was created to help underserved children.

a)

True

b)

False

50.

Average IQ range is

a)

90-110

b)

120-130

c)

56-75

d)

0-100

51.

Don's intelligence scores were average, but he has been successful as a corporate manager. Sternberg would suggest that

a)

his verbal intelligence exceeds his performace intelligence

b)

his performance intelligence exceeds his verbal intelligence

c)

his academic intelligence exceeds practical intelligence

d)

his practical intelligence exceeds his academic intelligence

52.

What is an achievement test?

a)

an objective and standardized measure of a sample of behavior

b)

is designed to measure a person's level of skill, accomplishment, or knowledge in a specific area

c)

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

d)

another name for an IQ test

53.

What is an aptitude test?

a)

a test that can predict your future IQ

b)

a test designed to calculate the IQ of children under the age of 4

c)

a test designed to predict learning capacity for a particular area or particular skills

d)

a test that can predict your future athletic capability

54.

Who believed that we have one general intelligence?

a)

Charles Spearman

b)

L.L. Thurstone

c)

Howard Gardner

d)

Robert Sternberg

55.

Who coined the phrase "nature vs. nurture" and wrote Hereditary Genius?

a)

Francis Galton

b)

Alfred Binet

c)

Lewis Terman

d)

David Wechsler

56.

Which type of test is designed to predict a person's future performance?

a)

achievement test

b)

aptitude test

57.

Which type of test is designed to assess what a person has learned?

a)

achievement tests

b)

aptitude tests

58.
A description of the specific procedure used to determine the presence of a variable.  Created so that the experiment can be replicated by others.
a)
operational definition
b)
independent variable
c)
controlled group
59.
In a normal distribution, what percentage of the scores in the distribution falls within on standard deviation on either side of the mean?
a)
34 %
b)
40 %
c)
50 %
d)
68 %
60.

Research shows that generally, the higher an incoming college student's high school GPA, the higher the college student's college GPA. Which of the following describes this relationship?

a)

a normal distribution

b)

a positive correlation

c)

a negative correlation

d)

a skewed distribution

61.
The formula for IQ is 
a)
actual age x grade / 100
b)
mental age x actual age
c)
mental age / actual age  x 100
d)
actual age / mental age  x 100
62.

A thermometer that consistently reads 4 degrees higher than the actual temperature would be

a)

valid but not reliable

b)

reliable but not valid

c)

It is both reliable and valid

d)

It is neither reliable or valid

63.

If the scores on an IQ test form a normal curve with a standard deviation of 15

a)

the mean, median and mode are 100

b)

68% of the scores will be between 85 and 115

c)

60% of the test takers will have scored at least a 100

64.

Katherine is a gifted psychotherapist who connects well with her patients. Which type of intelligence would she likely use most in her work?

a)

intrapersonal

b)

interpersonal

c)

spatial

d)

emotional

65.

Stephanie knows that many people believe that women are not as skilled at math as men. When she takes a math test, this awareness causes her to perform below her actual abilities due to

a)

stereotype threat

b)

researcher bias

c)

construct validity

d)

reliability

66.

Mrs. Smith gives a psychology test and finds that the scores form a normal distribution where the mean is 80 and the standard deviation is 12. About what percentage of Mrs. Smith's students scored at or above a 92%?

a)

5%

b)

12%

c)

16%

d)

20%