Question 1

A bell-shaped pattern that characterizes the distribution of a large sample of intelligence test scores is a graphic representation of a

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A)   factor analysis.
B)   normal curve.
C)   heritability estimate.
D)   g factor.

Question 2

The average intellectual aptitude gap between graduating White and Black college graduates has been observed to ________ during their years in high school and to ________ during their years in college.

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A)   decrease; decrease
B)   increase; increase
C)   decrease; increase
D)   increase; decrease

Question 3

The widespread improvement in intelligence test performance during the past century is called

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A)   the bell curve.
B)   divergent thinking.
C)   the g factor.
D)   the Flynn effect.

Question 4

Which of the following observations provides the best evidence that intelligence test scores are influenced by heredity?

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A)   Japanese children have higher average intelligence scores than do American children.
B)   Identical twins reared together are more similar in their intelligence scores than identical twins reared separately.
C)   The intelligence scores of children are positively correlated with the intelligence scores of their parents.
D)   Identical twins reared separately are more similar in their intelligence scores

Question 5

Robert Sternberg distinguished among analytical, practical, and ________ intelligence.

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A)   intrapersonal
B)   creative
C)   spatial
D)   musical

Question 6

Older people's capacity to understand the meaning of words does not decline as much as their capacity to engage in abstract reasoning. This best illustrates the stability of

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A)   emotional intelligence.
B)   crystallized intelligence.
C)   divergent thinking.
D)   fluid intelligence.

Question 7

In recent years, researchers are more likely than before to consider intelligence as

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A)   a single entity.
B)   primarily determined by heredity.
C)   entirely the product of learning.
D)   made up of several abilities.

Question 8

Which of the following best describes the relationship between creativity and intelligence?

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A)   Creativity appears to depend on the ability to think imaginatively and has little if
B)   any relationship to intelligence.
C)   Creativity is best understood as a certain kind of intelligence.
D)   The more intelligent a person is, the greater his or her creativity.
E)   A certain level of intelligence is necessary but not sufficient for creativity.17)  Multiple Choice: Which of the following is NOT a requi... Points: 0

Question 9

A test is reliable if it

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A)   measures what it claims to measure or predicts what it is supposed to predict.
B)   yields dependably consistent scores.
C)   has been standardized on a representative sample of all those who are likely to take the test.
D)   produces a normal distribution of scores.

Question 10

Binet used the term mental age to refer to

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A)   the average chronological age of children who completed a particular grade in school.
B)   the years of formal education successfully completed by a child.
C)   the total number of items correctly answered on an intelligence test divided by the child's chronological age.
D)   the chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of

Question 11

Before publishing her test of musical aptitude, Professor Reed first administered the test to a representative sample of people. This was most clearly necessary for test

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A)   standardization.
B)   reliability.
C)   heritability.
D)   validity.

Question 12

The similarity between intelligence scores of fraternal twins reared together is

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A)   equal to that between identical twins reared apart.
B)   less than that between children and their biological parents.
C)   equal to that between ordinary siblings reared together.
D)   less than that between identical twins reared apart.

Question 13

Which of the following most directly suggested that intelligence declines throughout adulthood?

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A)   cross-sectional studies
B)   factor analysis
C)   longitudinal studies
D)   heritability estimates

Question 14

Who attempted to assess intellectual strengths by measuring muscular power, sensory acuity, and body proportions?

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A)   Lewis Terman
B)   Alfred Binet
C)   Charles Spearman
D)   Francis Galton

Question 15

Sorting children into "gifted child" education programs is most likely to be criticized for

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A)   overemphasizing the genetic determinants of giftedness.
B)   widening the achievement gap between higher- and lower-ability groups.
C)   claiming that intelligence test scores can predict children's academic success.
D)   underestimating the extent to which a g factor underlies success in a wide

Question 16

Assessing the stability of repeated intelligence test results gathered over the adult years of a single cohort would most clearly involve

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A)   heritability estimates.
B)   a longitudinal study.
C)   factor analysis.
D)   a cross-sectional study.

Question 17

It would be reasonable to suggest that the Flynn effect is due in part to

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A)   the deteriorating quality of parental involvement in children's education.
B)   increasingly improved childhood health.
C)   the decreasing reliance on a single test score as an index of mental aptitudes.
D)   the failure to restandardize existing intelligence tests.

Question 18

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

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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' scores than to their fathers'.
C)   Children moved from a deprived environment into an intellectually enriched oneShow gains in intellectual development.
D)   The intelligence scores of identical twins raised separately are no more alike

Question 19

Associations between intelligence and brain size are most notable in specific areas within the

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A)   frontal and temporal lobes.
B)   parietal and occipital lobes.
C)   frontal and parietal lobes.
D)   temporal and occipital lobes.

Question 20

Who would have been the LEAST enthusiastic about relying on eugenics for the improvement of human intellectual functioning?

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A)   Francis Galton
B)   Alfred Binet
C)   Lewis Terman
D)   Charles Darwin

Exam 10: Thinking and Language

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Older people's capacity to understand the meaning of words does not decline as much as their capacity to engage in abstract reasoning. This best illustrates the stability of

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A bell-shaped pattern that characterizes the distribution of a large sample of intelligence test scores is a graphic representation of a

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A test is reliable if it

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Assessing the stability of repeated intelligence test results gathered over the adult years of a single cohort would most clearly involve

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The widespread improvement in intelligence test performance during the past century is called

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Who attempted to assess intellectual strengths by measuring muscular power, sensory acuity, and body proportions?

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Which of the following best describes the relationship between creativity and intelligence?

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Robert Sternberg distinguished among analytical, practical, and ________ intelligence.

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Which of the following most directly suggested that intelligence declines throughout adulthood?

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