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WorksheetsCH 4. Individual Differences and Intelligence-2
Total questions: 150
Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins
Multilingual character of Indian society should be seen as
A hindrance in teaching-learning process
A resource for enrichment of school life
A challenge to teacher’s capacity to motivate students to learn
A factor that makes school life a complex experience for the learners
The differences among individuals that distinguish them from one another and make each one a unique individual are denoted by the term
Individual difference
Heredity
Environment
Personality
An important feature of creative thinking is
Divergent thinking
Convergent thinking
Operational thinking
Autistic thinking
Ramola who does not talk much at home, talks a lot at school. It shows that
The school provides opportunities to children to talk a lot
Teachers demand that children should talk a lot at school
She does not like her home at all
Her thoughts get acknowledged at school
Which of the following is not an example of closed stratification system?
Slavery system
Caste system
Class system
All of above are closed stratification systems
You have been told to accommodate two mentally retarded children in your class. You will
Refuse to accept them as your students
Tell the Principal to accommodate them in another class that is exclusively meant for mentally retarded children
Learn techniques to teach such students and accept them as a part of your class
None of these
Intelligence testing is useful for knowing
Individual difference
Mental retardation
Educational backwardness
All of these
Non-verbal test of intelligence is suitable for
Deaf and dumb
Illiterates
Backward children
All of these
Conventional tests of intelligence measure
Divergent thinking
Convergent thinking
Both (A) and (B)
Neither (A) nor (B)
Who is the father of Theory of Multiple Intelligence?
Gardner
Vygotsky
Bruner
Piaget
The ratio of mental age to the chronological age multiplied by 100 is called
Emotional quotient
Intelligence quotient
Both
None of these
Name the psychologist responsible for developing the tri-part theory of intelligence.
Daniel Goleman
Howard Gardner
Robert Sternberg
Sigmund Freud
Gender-role identity is the image each individual has of himself or herself as
Masculine or feminine
Positive or negative
Goal-directed or social-emotional
Cultural or stereotypical
The work of gifted students is
Original
Extremely advanced for their age
Potentially of lasting importance
All of the above
Teaching methods for gifted students should encourage
Abstract thinking
Convergent thinking
Creativity
Both abstract and creative thinking
Spearman’s two-factor theory was extended into multi-factor theory by
Thorndike
Thurstone
Pavlov
Skinner
Guilford and his associates proposed
The theory of Structure of Intellects
The theory of abstract thinking
The theory of associative memory
The theory of space visualization
One of the primary mental abilities of the Group factor theory was
Space visualization
Divergent thinking
General Knowledge
Mechanical ability
Fluid intelligence depends on
Neurological development
Physical development
Social development
Aesthetic development
The concept of intelligence quotient, or IQ, was added after the test of — was brought to the US and revised at Stanford University
Binet
Coleman
Collins
Kohlberg
Journal writers, religious gurus and psychologists are examples of people with strength in which intelligence
Inter-personal
Intrapersonal
Which of the following is Guilford’s theory of Intelligence?
Two dimensional theory
Three dimensional theory
Multi dimensional theory
Hierachical theory
Individual differences have been discussed in Plato’s
Republic
The mind
State
None of these
Which is Thorndike’s theory about the nature of intelligence?
Uni-factor theory
Group factor theory
Multifactor theory
Two factor theory
The Stanford-Binet intelligence scale
Was specifically designed to test adult intelligence
Provides separate score for performance
Is completely culturally fair, in the children of different cultures do just as well as children in this culture
Assumes that intellectual ability in childhood improves as age increases
Spearman’s theory of intelligence explained intelligence in term of general intelligence and — abilities.
Reasoning
Particular
Specific
Regular
A child in school is called a problem child when
He is able to solve the problems of other children
He suggests useful approaches to teachers when they are explaining any problem
He behaves such that it becomes a problem for the teacher to understand him
He is very resourceful in suggesting good problems for the class to workout
Match the IQ range 25–39 to the correct description
Profoundly mentally retarded
Severely mentally retarded
Moderately mentally retarded
Border line
Bright normal
Match the IQ range 40–54 to the correct description
Profoundly mentally retarded
Severely mentally retarded
Moderately mentally retarded
Border line
Bright normal
Match the IQ range 70–84 to the correct description
Profoundly mentally retarded
Severely mentally retarded
Moderately mentally retarded
Border line
Bright normal
Match the IQ range 110–119 to the correct description
Profoundly mentally retarded
Severely mentally retarded
Moderately mentally retarded
Border line
Bright normal
In the present intelligence classification system, the former category of Moron would now be included in
Profoundly retarded
Educable
Severely retarded
Mildly retarded
What are some characteristics of gifted children?
They enjoy puzzles, handwriting and other closed-ended, skill-based materials
They prefer to work in groups and tend to have well developed social skills
They are energized by predictable routine and structural curriculum
They demonstrate advanced language ability and very sophisticated vocabulary
Which of the following sentences are true in the context of gifted child? 1. They readily see cause-effect relationships 2. They often display a questioning attitude and seek information for its own sake as much as for its usefulness 3. They often display intellectual playfulness and like to fantasize and imagine 4. They are not sensitive to beauty but are attracted to aesthetic values
Only 2 and 3
Only 1, 2 and 3
Only 2, 3 and 4
All of the above
Which one of the following is not among the major interventions for promoting education among backward minorities? 1. Area Intensive Programme for Educational Backward Minorities 2. Modernization of Madarsas and Maktabs 3. Community Polytechnics 4. Coaching Classes for Competitive Examinations
Only 2 and 3
Only 1, 2 and 3
Only 3 and 4
All of the above
Which of the following intelligence gives one the ability to manipulate and create mental images in order to solve problems and is not limited to visual domains?
Spatial Intelligence
Linguistic Intelligence
Musical Intelligence
Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence
The intelligence is based upon Heredity. This principle is proposed by
Yerks
Skinner
Binet
Spearman
Verbal Intelligence tests are the better option for
Literate persons
Illiterate persons
Small children
Special children
For testing the intelligence of literate persons in group, you can use
Verbal individual intelligence test
Verbal group intelligence test
Non-verbal individual intelligence test
Non-verbal group intelligence test
The Form Board Test of Intelligence was developed by
Seguin and Goddard
Merrill-Palmer
Binet-Simon
Wechsler-Bellevue
Which theory of intelligence has taken birth through Factor-Analysis?
Bi-factor theory
Multi-action theory
Three-dimensional theory
Sampling theory
What should be the role of a teacher in meeting the individual differences?
Try to know the abilities, interest and aptitude of individuals
Try to adjust the curriculum as per the need of individuals
Both of these
None of these
If a child has mental age 5 years and chronological age 4 years, what will be the IQ of the child?
125
80
120
100
Which one of the theories of intelligence advocates the presence of general intelligence g and specific intelligence s?
Anarchic theory
Guilford's theory of intellect
Spearman's two factor theory
Vernon's hierarchical theory
Ramesh and Ankit have the same IQ of 120. Ramesh is two years younger than Ankit. If Ankit is 12 years old, then the mental age of Ramesh is:
9 years
10 years
12 years
14 years
Guilford has given the term convergent thinking as equivalent to:
Intelligence
Creativity
Intelligence and creativity
None of these
Learners display individual differences. So a teacher should:
Enforce strict discipline
Increase number of tests
Insist on uniform pace of learning
Provide a variety of learning experiences
Seema learns every lesson very quickly but Leena takes longer to learn them. It denotes the developmental principle of:
Inter-relationships
Continuity
General to specific
Individual differences
For the development of imagination:
Sense organs should be trained
Story should be narrated
Attention should be paid on the development of creative tendencies
All of these
Intelligence is transmitted in future generations. The function of ________ is to create conducive situations for the development of this innate ability.
The locality
The season
The environment
The climate
The measure representing the total frequency distribution is called ________.
Measure of reliable variation
Measure of central tendency
Measure of representative correlation
Measure of cumulative percentage
Images, concepts, symbols and signs, language, muscle activities and brain functions are involved in:
Adaptation
Motor development
Problem solving
Thinking process
Which one of the following is an example for complex concept?
Square
Rectangle
Small blue coloured cube
Circle
Non verbal test is related to ________.
Creativity
Intelligence
Individuality
Personality
Gender discrimination in a classroom:
Does not affect the performance of the students
May lead to diminished effort or performance of the students
May lead to enhanced effort or performance of the male students
Is done more by the male teachers than their female counterparts
Girl students:
Learn questions on Mathematics well but face difficulty only when they are asked to reason them out
Are good in Mathematics as boys of their age
Perform less competently in spatial concepts than boys of their age
Possess more linguistic and musical abilities
Fluency, elaboration, originality and flexibility are the factors associated with:
Giftedness
Talent
Divergent thinking
Acceleration
Which one of the following may be criteria of gender parity in a society?
Comparison of number of male and female teachers in school
Equal number of distinctions achieved by boys and girls in Class 12
Comparison of number of boys and girls who survive up to Class 12
Whether the girl students are allowed to participate in competitions organised outside the school
The knowledge of Individual Differences helps teachers in:
Understanding the futility of working hard with backward students as they can never be at par with the class
Accepting and attributing the failure of the students to their individual differences
Making their presentation style uniform to benefit all students equally
Assessing the individual needs of all students and teaching them accordingly
Given below are some statements about boys and girls. According to you, which one of these is true?
Boys should help in activities outside the home.
Boys should help in household chores.
All boys should be taught Science and girls, Home Science.
Girls should help in household chores.
Giftedness from teacher's point of view is a combination of:
High Ability – High Creativity – High Commitment
High Motivation – High Commitment – High Talent
High Ability – High Talent – High Commitment
High Talent – High Creativity – High Memory
A teacher in a multi-cultural classroom would ensure that the assessment considers the following:
Socio-cultural context of her students
Reliability and validity of her assessment tool
Expectations of the school administration by complying with the minimum levels of learning
Standardization of the assessment tool
Which one of the following would be the most effective way to identify a creative child by the teacher?
Detailed observation of the child especially when she solves problems
Observing how the child interacts with peers in team tasks
Administering standardized intelligence tests
Giving objective type tests
Who developed the concept of Primary Mental Abilities?
A. R. Jensen
E. L. Thorndike
J. P. Guilford
L. L. Thurstone
R. B. Cattell
Who has conceived intelligence as abstract, practical and social?
R. B. Cattell
A. R. Jensen
J. P. Guilford
E. L. Thorndike
None of the above
Wechsler's first scale of intelligence was developed primarily for:
Children
Babies
Animals
Adults
None of the above
Who has developed the structural model theory of intelligence?
E. L. Thorndike
A. R. Jensen
R. B. Cattell
Guilford
S. G. Boring
Thurstone's factor analysis theory of intelligence lies between the theories of:
Terman and Wechsler
E. G. Boring and Galton
Spearman and Thorndike
Wechsler and E. G. Boring
Galton and Terman
Who is associated with the Multifactor theory of intelligence?
E. G. Boring
Wechsler
Guilford
Thurstone
None of the above
Who has regarded intelligence as a capacity of the organism to adjust itself to an increasingly complex environment?
Guilford
Jensen
Spencer
Galton
E. G. Boring
Who described the composition of intelligence in terms of intellectual breadth and intellectual altitude?
R. B. Cattell
A. R. Jensen
L. L. Thurstone
E. G. Boring
Carl Spearman
According to Wechsler, intelligence is global because it characterises the individual's behaviour:
Throughout the world
As the capacity to learn
As the ability to carry an abstract thinking
As a whole
None of the above
It has been suggested that mental growth stops somewhere between the ages:
16 and 20
14 and 24
10 and 20
8 and 12
6 and 8
Mental age reaches its maximum limit by about the age of:
16
17
14
20
Which type of tests of intelligence was developed when people of different languages or illiterates had to be tested?
Verbal tests
Reasoning tests
Non-verbal tests
Culture-free tests
None of the above
Non-verbal tests are also called:
General tests
Specific tests
Performance tests
Reliable tests
None of the above
E. L. Thorndike's multifactor theory of intelligence is at one extreme of the interpretations regarding the nature of:
Motor organization
Intellectual organization
Mental organization
Reasoning
None of the above
The two-factor and the group-factor theories emerge from the methods of:
Psychophysics
Psychotherapy
Psychophysiology
Factor Analysis
None of the above
The first scale, devised primarily to identify mentally deficient children in the school of Paris is known as:
Thurstone Scale
The 1905 Binet–Simon scale
Wechsler Scale
Galton Scale
Spencer Scale
The Stanford revision of the Binet–Simon Intelligence Scale is derived from the fact that revision was made at Stanford University, under the direction of:
E. G. Boring
Wechsler
Spencer
L. M. Terman
Galton
The concept of "Intelligence Quotient" was devised by a German psychologist:
Spencer
Stern
Thurstone
E. G. Boring
Galton
The index of an individual’s intellectual development, determined by dividing his mental age by his chronological age and multiplying the result by 100 is known as:
Creativity Quotient
Sociability Quotient
Reliability Quotient
Intelligence Quotient (I.Q.)
None of the above
The tests of intelligence developed by Galton mainly dealt with:
Personality
Hereditary factors
Environmental factors
Perceptual motor skills
None of the above
The I.Q. range of average intelligence is:
30–60
15–75
85–115
150–185
240–340
Culture-free tests of intelligence were developed by:
Galton
Spencer
Cattell
Wechsler
Thorndike
Fluid and crystallized intelligence are the major theoretical components of intellectual activity proposed by:
R. B. Cattell
E. G. Boring
J. S. Bruner
Cyril Burt
E. L. Thorndike
Fluid intelligence is a general relation perceiving capacity which represents one’s potential intelligence somewhat independent of:
Personality and Creativity
Socialization and Education
Creativity and Emotion
Emotion and Motivation
Motivation and Personality
Crystallized intelligence reflects much more ones:
Personality
Motivation
Emotion
Cultural Exposure
Creativity
Piaget’s stage-oriented theory conceives of intelligence as:
An adaptive process
A personality aspect
A motivational factor
A creative factor
None of the above
J. S. Bruner views cognitive development as essentially the evolving use of:
External representation
Sensation
Perception
Internal Representation
None of the above
Which theory of intelligence maintains that intelligence should be measured in terms of such functions as sensory processing, coding strategies, memory and other mental capacities involved in learning and remembering?
Two-factor Theory
Primary mental abilities
Information-Processing Theory
Structure of the intellect
Levels of Intelligence
In 1916, Lewis Terman of Stanford University brought out an American version of:
Thurstone’s test
Boring’s test
Spencer’s test
Binet’s test
Wechsler’s test
Computers and Calculators are best examples of:
Abstract Intelligence
Cognitive ability
Artificial Intelligence
Primary Mental Abilities
None of the above
Binet and Terman worked from a notion of intelligence as an overall ability related to:
Emotion and Motivation
Intelligence and Personality
Abstract reasoning and Problem solving
Reasoning and Perceptual speed
None of the above
Mental Age (MA) can be expressed in relation to chronological Age (CA) in order to estimate the:
Personality
Motivation
Reasoning
Rate of development
Creativity
Who viewed that rote learning ability (Level-I) may be a necessity but not sufficient condition for the emergence of problem-solving (Level-II)?
E. G. Boring
J. S. Bruner
A. R. Jensen
Cyril Burt
E. L. Thorndike
The concept of mental age (MA) in adults is:
Meaningless
Meaningful
Related to creativity
Related to sociability
Related to motivational factors
A ratio I.Q. is useful only with:
Old women
Old men
Adults
Children
None of the above
At the top of the I.Q. distribution, there are individuals who are:
Idiots
Imbeciles
Intellectually gifted
Morons
None of the above
Very often Psychologists refer to the abilities tested by intelligence and scholastic aptitude tests as:
Creativity
Conative abilities
Cognitive abilities
Reasoning capacity
None of the above
The Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scale is arranged by:
Body weight
Blood weight
Hereditary factors
Age levels
None of the above
Wechsler Scale of intelligence is arranged by:
Age levels
Body weight
Reasoning capability
Type of items
None of the above
Multifactor theory of intelligence is otherwise known as:
Two-factor theory of intelligence
Synthetic theory of intelligence
Reasoning theory of intelligence
Crystallized theory of intelligence
None of the above
The first attempt for standardization of mental tests in India was made by:
Dr. S. M. Mohsin
V. V. Kamat
Dr. C. H. Rice
Dr. Sohen Lal
None of the above
An intelligent person is likely to be attracted more by:
Difficult and complex tasks
Simple tasks
Idiots
Dull tasks
Motor tasks
The Terman–Merrill Test measures intelligence from the age of:
2 years upward to the adult age
10 years upward to the adult age
5 years upward to the adult age
13 years upward to the adult age
14 years upward to the adult age
The Binet type tests of intelligence are called:
Group Tests
Individual Tests
Culture free tests
Therapeutic tests
None of the above
Who said that intelligence is an "innate general cognitive ability"?
E. L. Thorndike
Cyril Burt
R. B. Cattell
Daniel Defoe
A. R. Jensen
Educational Psychologists have observed that the correlation between I.Q. and academic success:
Is highest in primary schools
Is highest in colleges
Is highest in high schools
Is lowest in primary schools
None of the above
The Stanford–Binet Scales are referred to as individual tests because:
They must be administered to groups
They must be administered to abnormal people
They must be administered to animals
They must be administered to one person at a time
None of the above
In an intelligence test, a 10-year old girl scored the I.Q. of 120, what is her mental age (MA)?
13
15
12
10
16
The mentally gifted (I.Q. above 130) comprise about:
20 per cent of the population
25 per cent of the population
2 per cent of the population
40 per cent of the population
50 per cent of the population
Spearman’s basic assumption is that all mental tasks require two kinds of ability and these are:
Crystallized intelligence and fluid intelligence
Intellectual breadth and intellectual altitude
Associative ability and Cognitive ability
General ability and Specific ability
None of the above
Binet was a/an:
German Psychologist
Russian psychologist
French psychologist
English psychologist
American psychologist
The first attempt for standardising mental tests in India was made by Dr. C. H. Rice of:
Hyderabad
New Delhi
Bhubaneswar
Lahore
Chennai
Who was the major force in bringing the Binet test into the mainstream of academic psychology in America?
R. B. Cattell
A. R. Jensen
E. G. Boring
Lewis Terman
B. L. Thorndike
Which intelligence test provides three types of intelligence scores: a verbal I.Q., a performance I.Q., and a composite I.Q. based on all subtests combined?
Wechsler’s Scale
Binet-Simon Scale
Raven’s Progressive Matrices
Thurstone’s Scale
None of the above
Who viewed that intelligence is an adaptive process that involves an interplay of biological maturation and interaction with the environment?
Jean Piaget
E.L. Thorndike
Kurt Lewin
E. G. Boring
A. R. Jensen
Arnold Lucious Gessel (1880–1961) viewed his tests as measuring not intelligence but the child’s level of development. The score an infant obtains is therefore called:
Intelligence Quotient (I.Q.)
Developmental Quotient (D.Q.)
Fluid intelligence Scores
Abstract intelligence Scores
None of the above
The term “intelligence” is derived from a Latin word, framed by Cicero to translate a Greek word used by Aristotle to include:
All cognitive processes
Specific cognitive processes
All affective processes
Specific affective processes
None of the above
Who defines “intelligence” as the power of apprehending the relationship?
Spearman
Wyatt
Cattell
Jensen
Bruner
Which view of intelligence held that intelligence was one of the innate faculties along with learning, thinking and remembering etc?
Monarchic view
Oligarchic view
Gestalt view
The first systematic theory on the nature of intelligence was put forward by the British psychologist:
A. R. Jensen
Carl Spearman
R. B. Cattell
J. P. Guilford
E. G. Boring
Who called intelligence as our general cognitive ability?
Terman
Galton
Wechsler
Spencer
E. G. Boring
Who defined intelligence as the global capacity of the individual to act purposefully, to think rationally and to deal effectively with the environment?
Binet
Galton
Wechsler
Spencer
Terman
Two-factor theory of intelligence was advanced by:
Galton
Carl Spearman
Spencer
Terman
Wechsler
Spencer viewed that intelligence is the capacity of the organism to adjust itself to an increasingly:
Simple environment
Creativity
Temperament
Complex environment
None of the above
E.L. Thorndike held that intelligence is a combination of different abilities and functions at:
Three different levels
Four different levels
Five different levels
Six different levels
None of the above
Who considered “g” factor as a kind of well or spring of mental energy that flows into everything the individual does to meet his day-to-day needs?
Galton
Binet
Carl Spearman
Terman
Wechsler
Who developed the idea of “Three Dimensional Model” of intelligence?
J.P. Guilford
Carl Spearman
E. G. Boring
R. B. Cattell
A.R Jensen
A theorist of intelligence held that general intelligence is composed of two factors: (i) Fluid intelligence and (ii) Crystallized intelligence. Who is that theorist?
A. R. Jensen
R. B. Cattell
J.P. Guilford
Carl Spearman
E. G. Boring
Who viewed intelligence as an attribute of the person like any other attribute such as blood pressure, temperature etc?
Alfred Binet
A. R. Jensen
L. L. Thurstone
J.P. Guilford
Carl Spearman
The composition of intelligence in terms of intellectual breadth and intellectual attitude was described by:
J.P. Guilford
L. L. Thurstone
R. B. Cattell
A. R. Jensen
Alfred Binet
Who held the view that mental functioning involves two types of abilities — an associative ability and a cognitive ability?
J.P. Guilford
R. B. Cattell
A. R. Jensen
Alfred Binet
L. L. Thurstone
The first Binet-Simon scale for measuring intelligence was constructed in:
1907
1905
1910
1940
1913
The concept of “Mental Age” was developed by:
L. M. Terman
William Stern
Alfred Binet
R. B. Cattell
A. R. Jensen
The very term “Intelligence Quotient (I.Q.)” was introduced by:
A.R. Jensen
J.P. Guilford
William Stern
L. M. Terman
R. B. Cattell
If a child’s chronological age (CA) is 8 and his mental age (MA) is 9, his I.Q. will be:
112.50
137.50
120.50
113.50
116.50
If a child’s chronological age (CA) is equal to his mental age (MA), then his I.Q. will be:
110
100
112
115
120
Thurstone’s theory of intelligence is popularly known as:
Multiple factor theory
Group Factor Theory
Two Factor Theory
Sampling Theory
One-factor Theory
Bhatia’s test of intelligence is a modified version of:
Thurstone’s test of intelligence
Stanford-Binet Test
Wechsler’s performance battery tests
Binet-Simon Scale
None of the above
Bhatia’s test of intelligence is basically designed:
To test the rural illiterate population of India
To test the urban illiterate population of India
To test the urban literate population of India
To test the urban literate population of England
To test the urban literate children of USA
In the famous book “Hereditary Genius”, the author has emphasized biological heredity as the only factor that determines individual differences in intelligence. Who was the author?
Arthur Jensen
L. L. Thurstone
Sir Francis Galton
E. G. Boring
R. B. Cattell
The first person who devised systematic tests to measure intelligence of children was:
Lewin Terman
Alfred Binet
David Wechsler
A. R. Jensen
R. B. Cattell
Psychologists use WAIS to measure the intelligence of:
Children
Adults
Both adult and children
Females only
Males only
Scientific measurement of intelligence was started by:
L. L. Thurstone
Lewin Terman
Alfred Binet
A. R. Jensen
R. B. Cattell
Guilford’s cubical model provides for:
150 factors of intelligence
120 factors of intelligence
125 factors of intelligence
130 factors of intelligence
160 factors of intelligence
Guilford’s concept of intelligence includes what he calls:
Creative thinking
Divergent Thinking
Abstract Thinking
Convergent Thinking
None of the above
Vernon has proposed that elements of G-factor theory and the multifactor theories can be combined to form a/an:
Monarchic theory
Unitary theory
Hierarchical Theory
Anarchic Theory
None of the above
Who viewed that intelligence is an adaptive process that involves an interplay of biological maturation and interaction with the environment?
David Wechsler
Jean Piaget
Lewis Terman
Merrill
Jerome Bruner
