_______intelligence tests assess a wide variety of mental abilities.

Related Mcqs:

1. _______is the capacity for learning certain and specific abilities.

   A. Achievement B. Intelligence C. Aptitude D. Scholastics...

2. A college administrator is trying to assess whether an admissions test accurately predicts how well applicants will perform at his school. The administrator is most obviously concerned that the test is:

   A. standardized B. normally distributed C. reliable D. valid...

3. In the early stage of measuring intelligence, which type of intelligence did Spearman identify as the underlying feature the contributes to performance across a variety of different tasks?

   A. Perceptual speed B. Individual IQ C. Crystallized intelligence D. General intelligence (g)...

4. Mental retardation caused by birth injuries or fetal damage is called_______retardation.

   A. cretinism. B. adaptive behavior. C. microcephaly. D. eugenics....

5. Research on mental retardation indicates that:

   A. most mentally retarded individuals suffer from savant syndrome. B. most mentally retarded individuals are unable to profit from vocational training. C. most mentally retarded individuals are unable to function within mainstream society. D. none of the above is true...

6. Who would have been most enthusiastic about the value of an single intelligence test score as an index of an individual’s mental capacities?

   A. Thurstone B. Sternberg C. Gardner D. Spearman...

7. The percentage of people diagnosed with mental retardation has_________over the past 80 years because intelligence test have been______.

   A. decreased; restandardized B. decreased; factor analyzed C. increased; factor analyzed D. increased; restandardized...

8. Mental retardation is represented by which of the following characteristics?

   A. Low general intelligence B. Slow on-line processing C. A known organic etiology D. IQ below 70 E. All of the above...

9. Evidence indicating that urbringing affects one’s mental ability is provided by which of the following findings?

   A. Identical twins are more similar in IQ than fraternal twins B. There is more than a chance similarity between adopted children and their biological parents. C. Siblings reared together are more similar in IQ than sibling reared apart. D. Identical twins reared apart are more similar Iq siblings reared together....

10. The form of mental retardation that is caused by the presence of an extra chromosome is _____________?

    A. Severe retardation B. hydrocephaly C. phenylketonuria D. Down syndrome...