Quiz 11 Intelligence and Psychological Testing

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Quiz 11Intelligence andPsychological
Testing
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1. Tom volunteered to be a participant in a
psychology study in which he took a personality
test at the beginning of the semester and then a
couple weeks later. The researcher in this study
was most likely measuring the _____ of this
personality test.

• content validity
• test-retest validity
• concurrent reliability
• none of the above

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2. Both test-retest and internal-consistency
reliability are measured by computing a _____.

• standard deviation
• correlation coefficient
• heritability ratio
• reaction range

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3. What would Dr. Minoso be measuring if
she gave a test to a group of people, divided the
test in half (e.g., the odd-numbered items and
the even-numbered items), and then computed a
correlation coefficient of the scores of these
two halves?

• test-retest reliability
• internal-consistency reliability
• criterion-related validity
• concurrent validity

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4. A reliable test _____, and a valid test
_____.

• measures what it is supposed to measure, is
  consistent
• is consistent, measures what it is supposed to
  measure
• can predict behaviors accurately, produces
  approximately the same score each time it is
  administered
• both a and c

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5. There are three main types of validity.
Which of the following is not one of them?

• content
• criterion-related
• construct
• contextual

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6. Which of the following combinations is
correct?

• concurrent validity ? relates to material tested
• content validity ? hypothetical construct
• construct validity ? the future
• criterion-related validity ? predict

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7. The formula for determining IQ is _____.

• mental age 100 x chronological age
• chronological age x 100 mental age
• chronological age mental age x 100
• mental age chronological age x 100

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8. Dr. Sixty asked her students to tell her
one interesting thing they had learned about
intelligence tests from their textbook. Which
one of them was confused about what he read?

• George IQ tests are reliable but assume that
  intelligence can be summarized into 1 overall
  factor.
• Roger Although IQ scores are valid for
  measuring many difference types of abilities,
  they are least accurate for measuring academic
  ability.
• Sammy The IQ scores of preschool children do
  not accurately predict their adult IQ scores.
• Mark Most IQ tests are very reliable.

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9. In order to be classified as mentally
retarded, a person must _____.

• have an IQ score below 70
• exhibit deficiencies in everyday adaptive
  functioning
• have exhibited both a and b before the age of 18
• all of the above
• experiential, and contextual intelligence

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10. Regarding intelligence the American
Psychological Association did NOT state that ...

• Genetics has more influence on IQ of older adults
  than adolescents.
• Women score higher on verbal abilities and men
  higher on mathematical.
• Scientists do not know the reasons for IQ
  differences among cultural groups.
• IQ tests have great ability to predict success in
  nonschool settings.