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Child Psychology: A Contemporary Viewpoint, First Canadian Edition

E. Mavis Hetherington, University of Virginia
Ross D. Parke, University of California
Mark Schmuckler, University of Toronto at Scarborough

Intelligence

True/False Quiz


1	The consistency of a performance is called reliability.
		A)	True
		B)	False


2	Validity measures the attribute that it is supposed to measure.
		A)	True
		B)	False


3	Mental age is an index of a child's actual performance as contrasted with her true age.
		A)	True
		B)	False


4	The term intelligence quotient (IQ) is an individual's chronological age divided by his/her mental age.
		A)	True
		B)	False


5	The Stanford-Binet test is given to individuals from birth to two years of age.
		A)	True
		B)	False


6	The Wechsler Scales measure Verbal, Performance, and Information characteristics.
		A)	True
		B)	False


7	Multiple Intelligences emphasizes eight frames of mind.
		A)	True
		B)	False


8	Robert Sternberg's Triarchic Theory argues that intelligence cannot be separated from the sociocultural context in which it is exercised.
		A)	True
		B)	False


9	Due to later rapid cognitive growth, there is no correlation between IQ scores of an eight-year-old and a 10-year-old.
		A)	True
		B)	False


10	Advances in information-processing assessment conclude that infant tasks involving attention are closely related to later standardized intelligence tests in childhood.
		A)	True
		B)	False


11	Environmental factors are more significant than genetic factors in the development of intelligence.
		A)	True
		B)	False


12	Culture-fair tests of intelligence require time limits.
		A)	True
		B)	False


13	An individual who is mentally retarded has an IQ below 80.
		A)	True
		B)	False


14	An individual who is gifted has an IQ of 120 or higher.
		A)	True
		B)	False


15	An individual who is creative is likely to be a convergent thinker.
		A)	True
		B)	False


16	The Bayley Scales is one of the best known tests of thinking in senior citizens.
		A)	True
		B)	False


17	Performance items are somewhat less likely to be influenced by formal education or cultural factors than are Verbal items.
		A)	True
		B)	False


18	The Performance Scale includes test items that measure vocabulary and general comprehension.
		A)	True
		B)	False


19	Knowledge of an infant's IQ score allows accurate prediction of the later adult IQ score.
		A)	True
		B)	False


20	The heritability of intelligence in middle class North Americans of European ancestry is about 40% to 50%.
		A)	True
		B)	False

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