Psychology MCQs ~Intelligence~

1. According to Binet's mental-age scale, a retarded girl's mental age would be ________ her chronological age. a. equal to a. equal to b. above b. above c. unrelated to c. unrelated to d. below d. below According to the IQ equation, a "normal" individual is one for whom a. chronological and mental age are the same. a. chronological and mental age are the same. b. chronological age is larger than mental age. b. chronological age is larger than mental age. c. the ratio between mental age and chronological age equals 100. c. the ratio between mental age and chronological age equals 100. d. mental age is higher than the mental age of his or her peers. d. mental age is higher than the mental age of his or her peers.

3. The WISC is an example of a(n) a. test for children. a. test for children. b. intelligence test. b. intelligence test. c. All of these choices are true. c. All of these choices are true. d. highly reliable test. d. highly reliable test The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) differs from the Stanford-Binet because the WAIS includes verbal and ________ items, whereas the Stanford-Binet relied more heavily on ____ skills. a. performance items, verbal a. performance items, verbal b. memory, verbal b. memory, verbal c. performance items, performance c. performance items, performance d. memory, memory d. memory, memory

5. According to the text, there is a fairly high correlation between your performance on the WAIS and your achievement in school. What does this indicate about the test? a. It is reliable as a measure of intelligence. a. It is reliable as a measure of intelligence. b. It is a reasonable group ability test. b. It is a reasonable group ability test. c. It provides good predictive reliability. c. It provides good predictive reliability. d. It is a valid measure of intelligence. d. It is a valid measure of intelligence What is the difference between the WISC and the WAIS? a. One is for children while the other is for adults. a. One is for children while the other is for adults. b. The WISC is culturally fair while the other is not. b. The WISC is culturally fair while the other is not. c. They are alternate forms of the same test. c. They are alternate forms of the same test. d. The WISC is used with individuals who are not native speakers of English. d. The WISC is used with individuals who are not native speakers of English.

7. You are an elementary school psychologist. As you look through the results of recent IQ tests given to your students, you take note of several students who have scored well on the performance subscale and poorly on the verbal subscale. Based on these results, you decide to bring these students into your office and a. administer a battery of tests to assess the possibility of learning, disabilities. a. administer a battery of tests to assess the possibility of learning, disabilities. b. re-administer the intelligence test under a different set of circumstances to make certain the results are accurate. b. re-administer the intelligence test under a different set of circumstances to make certain the results are accurate. c. interview them about any difficulties they may be having at home. c. interview them about any difficulties they may be having at home. d. administer a battery of personality tests to create a psychological profile of each student's ability to adapt to stressful situations. d. administer a battery of personality tests to create a psychological profile of each student's ability to adapt to stressful situations A general assumption of both Binet and Wechsler was that intelligence is a. constant across development. a. constant across development. b. comprised of different kinds of abilities. b. comprised of different kinds of abilities. c. a general capacity for reasoning. c. a general capacity for reasoning. d. an unchanging capacity to solve problems. d. an unchanging capacity to solve problems.

9. Spearman proposed that all individuals possess a ________ called "g". a. general intelligence a. general intelligence b. genetic intelligence b. genetic intelligence c. generative capacities c. generative capacities d. global abilities d. global abilities ________ is the technique used to try to extract the structure of intelligence from a set of correlations. a. Factor analysis a. Factor analysis b. Coefficients of correlation b. Coefficients of correlation c. Spearman's general intelligence factor c. Spearman's general intelligence factor d. Heritability d. Heritability

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