Question 1

The normal curve would represent the distribution of

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A)   the American population in terms of gender.
B)   American schoolchildren in terms of their ages.
C)   American women in terms of their physical heights.
D)   all of these groups.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 2

Achievement tests are designed to

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A)   measure the desire and potential capacity to successfully meet challenges.
B)   assess ability to produce novel and valuable ideas.
C)   compare an individual's personality with those of highly successful people.
D)   assess learned knowledge or skills.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 3

Melinda completed the Computer Programming Aptitude Test when she applied for a position with Beta Electronics. Six months later, she took the same test when she applied for a position with another company. The fact that her scores were almost identical on the two occasions suggests that the test has a high degree of

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A)   content validity.
B)   reliability.
C)   predictive validity.
D)   standardization.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 4

Which of the following terms refers to a person's accumulated knowledge and verbal skills?

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A)   fluid intelligence
B)   the g factor
C)   divergent thinking
D)   crystallized intelligenceE) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 5

The restandardization of intelligence tests over the past decade renders ________ Americans eligible for special education and ________ Americans eligible for the death penalty.

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A)   more; fewer
B)   fewer; more
C)   more; more
D)   fewer; fewerE) None of the above
F) All of the above A

Question 6

The first modern test of intelligence was developed in

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A)   Germany.
B)   Britain.
C)   France.
D)   Italy.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 7

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.E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 8

Comparing the average performance of the initial WAIS standardization sample with the average performance of the most recent WAIS standardization sample provides convincing evidence of

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A)   content validity.
B)   the g factor.
C)   the Flynn effect.
D)   intrinsic motivation.E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 9

If a road test for a driver's license adequately samples the tasks a driver routinely faces, the test is said to have

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A)   reliability.
B)   a normal curve.
C)   content validity.
D)   intrinsic motivation.E) All of the above
F) None of the above C

Question 10

For the original version of the Stanford-Binet, IQ was defined as

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A)   mental age multiplied by 100.
B)   chronological age subtracted from mental age and multiplied by 100.
C)   chronological age divided by mental age and multiplied by 100.
D)   mental age divided by chronological age and multiplied by 100.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 11

Those diagnosed with an intellectual disability score approximately 70 or below on an intelligence test and also demonstrate a limitation in

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A)   hybrid vigor.
B)   physical health.
C)   adaptive behavior.
D)   intrinsic motivation.E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 12

You have been hired by a large public school system to construct a musical aptitude test. Describe how you would standardize your test and assess its reliability and validity. Explain why it might be more difficult to develop a valid musical aptitude test than a reliable one.

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Question 13

In addition to an overall intelligence score, the WAIS provides separate scores for such skills as

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A)   divergent thinking.
B)   factor analysis.
C)   working memory.
D)   emotional intelligence.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 14

Over the past 80 years, college aptitude test scores have ________ and WAIS scores have ________.

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A)   declined; remained stable
B)   remained stable; declined
C)   risen; declined
D)   declined; risenE) None of the above
F) A) and D) D

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 variety of tasks.E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 16

To qualify for the office manager's job, 55-year-old Mariel must take a series of psychological tests. Her performance on the test of ________ is likely to be poorer than if she had taken it as a 25-year-old.

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A)   general knowledge
B)   spelling
C)   abstract reasoning
D)   vocabularyE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 17

Most of the evidence for an age-related decline in intelligence came from

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A)   cross-sectional research.
B)   longitudinal research.
C)   standardized research.
D)   random sampling.E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 18

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 DarwinE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 19

Originally, IQ was defined as

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A)   mental age divided by chronological age and multiplied by 100.
B)   chronological age divided by mental age and multiplied by 100.
C)   mental age subtracted from chronological age and multiplied by 100.
D)   chronological age subtracted from mental age and multiplied by 100.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 20

In the early twentieth century, the U.S. government developed intelligence tests to evaluate newly arriving immigrants. Poor test scores among immigrants who were not of Anglo-Saxon heritage were attributed by some psychologists of that day to

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A)   slow reaction time.
B)   innate mental inferiority.
C)   eugenics.
D)   divergent thinking.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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Which of the following terms refers to a person's accumulated knowledge and verbal skills?

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The restandardization of intelligence tests over the past decade renders Americans eligible for special education and Americans eligible for the death penalty.

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The first modern test of intelligence was developed in

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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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Comparing the average performance of the initial WAIS standardization sample with the average performance of the most recent WAIS standardization sample provides convincing evidence of

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If a road test for a driver's license adequately samples the tasks a driver routinely faces, the test is said to have

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Those diagnosed with an intellectual disability score approximately 70 or below on an intelligence test and also demonstrate a limitation in

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