Which of the following is the most appropriate criterion for evaluating the predictive validity of an intelligence test?
(A) Intelligence quotient
(B) School grades
(C) Scholastic aptitude
What is B?
100
This method is used in studies designed to determine the primary components of intelligence.
What is factor analysis?
100
According to the Stanford-Binet formula, the IQ of a ten-year-old child with a mental age of eight and a half years is this.
What is 85?
100
A test that is labeled an achievement test is most likely to be given to
(A) predict an individual’s ability to succeed in a particular job
(B) determine whether a person is an extrovert or an introvert
(C) allow a student to be exempted from a college course
What is C?
100
The hypothesis that intelligence is in part inherited is best supported by the fact that IQ correlation for (identical / fraternal) is greater than the other.
What is identical?
200
A test that fails to predict what it is designed to predict lacks this.
What is validity?
200
A normally functioning 65-year-old who cannot solve abstract logic puzzles as quickly as he did when he was younger is experiencing a decrease in this type of intelligence.
What fluid intelligence?
200
The performance of the group on which an IQ test is standardized sets this for scoring a test.
What are norms against which the performance of later test takers can be evaluated?
200
The correlations between the IQ scores of identical twins reared apart are lower than those of identical twins reared together. This difference is best explained by (genetics / environment).
What is environment?
300
Which of the following is evidence of the reliability of a new intelligence test?
(A) A correlation of +0.90 exists between scores on the new test and scores on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children.
(B) The test predicts students’ ability to succeed in college.
(C) The correlation between scores of participants who take two forms of the test is +0.90.
What is C?
300
A twelve-year-old girl notices she struggles to learn new vocabulary and writing assignments are difficult. This is most likely due to a lack of this kind of intelligence.
What is crystallized intelligence?
300
IQ has traditionally been based on the relationship between an individual’s mental age and his or her this.
What is chronological age?
400
The validity of a personality test is best indicated by which of the following?
(A) The correlation between test scores and IQ
(B) The correlation between test scores and some other relevant measure
(C) The inverse correlation of the variables being tested
What is B?
400
Martin received a Full Scale IQ score of 125 on the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales. This score indicates that he scored this in relation to the norms of the test.
What is more than one standard deviation above the mean?
500
When a teacher compares the performance of her students on the even- and odd-numbered questions in a multiple-choice test, she is determining this kind of reliability.