Selective breeding for desirable characteristics is called . . . . . . . .
A. Chromosome
B. Genetic
C. Eugenics
D. All of the above
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The most influential multifactor theory is given by
A. L.L. Thrustone
B. Alfred Binet
C. Lewis Terman
D. None of the above
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A . . . . . . . . adult generally falls in the Mental Age range of 8 2 1 to 11 years.
A. Mildly retarded
B. Moderately retarded
C. Severely retarded
D. None of the above
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Heritability is a technical term referring to the
A. Proportion of the variation of a trait within a population that is attributable to genetic differences between individuals in that population
B. Heredity
C. Correlation between heredity and environment
D. Potentiality of the hereditary qualities
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Older and more experienced individuals can sometimes outperform younger ones in cognitive tasks. This indicates that
A. Crystallized intelligence stays level or even increases with age
B. Fluid intelligence increases with age
C. Crystallized intelligence decreases with age
D. None of the above
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Education and training . . . . . . . . Mental retardation but can make a big difference.
A. Are not likely to cure
B. Can cure
C. Are trying to cure
D. None of the above
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. . . . . . . . is a particularly prominent process theorist.
A. Alfred Binet
B. Jean Piaget
C. Sigmund Freud
D. None of the above
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Mental age is a good measures of actual ability, but it says nothing about whether overall intelligence is . . . . . . . .
A. High
B. Low
C. High or law
D. None of these
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. . . . . . . . tests tap specific abilities, usually for specific types of training, education or vocation.
A. Personality
B. Intelligence
C. Aptitude
D. Achievement
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Match the following:
A. Phenyl Ketonuria (PKU)
1. Too little thyroid hormone
B. Microcephaly
2. Very small brain
C. Hydrocephaly
3. 47 chromosomes
D. Cretinism
4. Lack of an im portant enzyme
E. Down Syndrome
5. Excess of cerebrospinal fluid
6. Caused by a lack of oxygen at birth
A. A-2, B-1, C-4, D-5, E-3
B. A-1, B-2, C-5, D-4, E-3
C. A-3, B-1, C-4, D-5, E-2
D. A-4, B-5, C-3, D-2, E-1
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If the test gives the some score when corrected by different people, it is . . . . . . . .
A. Standard
B. Valid
C. Objective
D. Norm
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Like the Standford-Binet test . . . . . . . . is an individual test and is made up of a wide variety of sub-tests.
A. Draw a man test
B. WAIS-Wechsler Adult intelligence scale
C. Alexander's pass along test
D. None of the above
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IQ is not as good a predictor of out-of-school achievements such as . . . . . . . .
A. Art, music
B. Creative writing, dramatics
C. Science and leadership
D. All of the above
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Binet, the French psychologist:
A. Assumed that a dull child was like a normal child but retarded in mental growth
B. Reasoned that the dull child would perform on tests like a normal child of younger age and decided to scale intelligence as the kind of change that ordinarily comes with growing older
C. Devised a scale of units of mental age
D. All of the above
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Differences in intelligence greatly affect people's ability to cope with the
A. Demands of society
B. Demands of his family
C. Demands of his own goal
D. None of the above
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. . . . . . . . is a process theorist who sees intellectual development partly as a growing reliance on internal representation.
A. Jerome Bruner
B. Alfred Binet
C. L.L. Thurstone
D. None of the above
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What are the most important intelligence tests?
A. Stanford-Binet Intelligence scale
B. Three tests developed by David Wechsler
C. Both A and B
D. None of the above
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Read the following statements carefully and give an appropriate response:
(i) System of Multicultural Pluralistic Assessment (SOMPA) is designed to obtain IQ scores from an assessment of a child's physical health and social functioning.
(ii) In the SOMPA system, IQ scores are compared to norms for children of similar cultural and social background
(iii) According to the latest ruling, IQ tests, can be used for educational placement only when they are part-of a comprehensive assessment plan.
A. Statements (i) and (ii) are true, but (iii) is false
B. Statements (i) and (iii) are false, but (ii) is true
C. All of the above statements are false
D. All of the above statements are t
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Psychologists are interested in the development of achievement tests for
A. There is much demand for such tests, especially in education and in government
B. Achievement tests furnish a standard against which to judge the predictive effectiveness of aptitude tests
C. Achievement tests furnish a standard, or criterion for the prediction of aptitudes
D. All of the above
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J.P. Guilford's concept of intelligence includes what he calls . . . . . . . . , which is closely related to creative or original problem solving.
A. Convergent thinking
B. Mental ability
C. Divergent thinking
D. None of the above
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