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What is one limitation of Galton's research? |
| | A) | He only researched people raised in poverty. |
| | B) | He focused on computational math skills. |
| | C) | He only conducted research on women and minorities. |
| | D) | He missed the implications of being raised in a privileged environment on IQ. |
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Why is Stern's traditional concept of IQ, which incorporates mental age and chronological age, no longer used? |
| | A) | It is not very useful for assessing the intelligence of children. |
| | B) | It has little reliability. |
| | C) | It is not very useful for assessing the intelligence of adults. |
| | D) | It is too controversial. |
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To study intelligence, psychologists have relied primarily upon 2 approaches, the ___________ approach and the _________________ approach. |
| | A) | psychometric; cognitive processes |
| | B) | psychodynamic; cognitive processes |
| | C) | problem-solving; hierarchical |
| | D) | psychometric; problem-solving |
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The "g" factor can best be described as |
| | A) | an unusual intellectual ability. |
| | B) | the core of intelligence. |
| | C) | the level of intellectual giftedness one possesses. |
| | D) | an intellectual ability that does not vary among individuals. |
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For nearly 20 years, Melissa has been solving crossword puzzles in the Sunday newspaper. Her ability to solve crossword puzzles depends primarily on ___________ intelligence. |
| | A) | fluid crystallized |
| | B) | crystallized fluid |
| | C) | practical |
| | D) | creative |
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Your ability to reason abstractly and think logically so that you can solve new problems depends largely on your _____________ intelligence. |
| | A) | fluid |
| | B) | crystallized |
| | C) | practical |
| | D) | adaptive |
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The three main components of Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence include |
| | A) | practical components, performance components, and knowledge acquisition components. |
| | B) | metacomponents, performance components, and knowledge acquisition components. |
| | C) | analytical components, metacomponents, and knowledge acquisition components. |
| | D) | metacomponents, mesocomponents, and microcomponents. |
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Formulating a hypothesis is an example of |
| | A) | performance components |
| | B) | knowledge-acquisition components |
| | C) | metacomponents |
| | D) | natural component |
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Which of the following theorists developed an intelligence theory with eight distinct varieties of adaptive abilities? |
| | A) | Howard Gardner |
| | B) | Peter Salovey |
| | C) | John Mayer |
| | D) | John B. Carroll |
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Kyle recently took a test that was designed to measure how much he has learned thus far in school. Which kind of test did Kyle most likely take? |
| | A) | An intelligence test |
| | B) | An aptitude test |
| | C) | An achievement test |
| | D) | A knowledge acquisition test |
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______________ describes how well a test measures what it is designed to measure, whereas __________ refers to the consistency of measurement. |
| | A) | Standardization; reliability |
| | B) | Internal consistency; validity |
| | C) | Test-retest reliability; validity |
| | D) | Validity; reliability |
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Which of the following statements concerning the relationship between genetics and intelligence is true? |
| | A) | The more genes people have in common, the more similar their IQs tend to be. |
| | B) | Researchers suggest that there is an "intelligence gene." |
| | C) | Genetics plays a very small role in intelligence. |
| | D) | Genetics explains the vast majority of one's intellectual abilities. |
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What does outcome bias refer to? |
| | A) | If the test successfully predicts criterion measures, such as job performance |
| | B) | Whether or not one racial group will score higher than another racial group |
| | C) | The extent that a test overestimates a person's true intellectual ability |
| | D) | The extent that a test underestimates a person's true intellectual ability |
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Barb is African-American and lives her life trying to disconfirm negative stereotypes of African-American women. Her behavior illustrates which of the following concepts? |
| | A) | Self-esteem |
| | B) | Self-concept |
| | C) | Stereotype threat |
| | D) | Racial issue |
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A mentally gifted child will have an IQ of __________ or higher, whereas a mentally retarded child will have an IQ of ________ or lower. |
| | A) | 160; 20 |
| | B) | 120; 50 |
| | C) | 135; 70 |
| | D) | 200; 95 |
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Which of the following statements concerning mental retardation is true? |
| | A) | Profound mental retardation does not run in families. |
| | B) | For most cases of mental retardation, a clear biological cause can be found. |
| | C) | Profound mental retardation runs in families. |
| | D) | Genetic abnormalities account for a majority of all mental retardation cases. |
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What does mainstreaming refer to? |
| | A) | Educating special education children in separate classrooms from regular education children |
| | B) | Educating special education children in the least restrictive environment |
| | C) | Dividing the school into mainstreamed classrooms and regular education classrooms |
| | D) | Putting special education children with the same labels into the same classrooms with same disability peers |
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