A. The first route to knowledge is through thought (central processes).
B. The thought route to knowledge is unrelated to individual differences in IQ.
C. Thoughtful problem solving can be done either by verbalizing a problem (using language-like propositions to think) or by visualizing (usingvisou-spatial representations to think.
D. We need two different kinds of knowledge acquisitions routines, each generated by one of two specific processors.
Related Mcqs:
- Aaamir, age 55, plays basketball with much younger adults and is concerned that his teammates might consider his age to be a detriment to their game outcome. His concern actually undermines his athletic performance. This best illustrates the impact of:
A. the Flynn effect.
B. divergent thinking.
C. savant syndrome.
D. stereotype threat. - Flynn has shown that there has been a standard deviation increase, per generation, in the mean level of intelligence test performance for most of this country in Western society, which equates to about three IQ points per decade. He believes that such a difference has to be result of which one of the following?
A. An environmental change, because gene frequencies in populations couldn’t change so quickly.
B. Improvements in the gene pool as we evolve.
C. A statistical artefact.
D. None of the above. - Professor Ehsan gave his class a twenty-question test covering two weeks of class material. Fifteens were on the structures of the brain, although he only spent ten minutes talking about the brain. Professor Ehsan’s test did not appear to have adequate_______validity.
A. criterion
B. predictive
C. alternate form
D. content - Dr. Ahmad administerd his new intelligence test to a group of subjects and then compared each subject’s score on the old-numbereds. He found a large positive correlation between the odd and even scores, indicating the test has:
A. predictive validity.
B. split-half reliability.
C. criterion validity.
D. construct validity. - Alfred Binet developed his intelligence test to ____________?
A. identify soldiers for certain military duties.
B. show that intelligence was influenced by genetic and environmental factors.
C. measure what a person has accomplished or learned in a particular area.
D. identify children who needed special education programs - Twenty-two-years-old Babar takes a test that includes measures of his ability in terms of digit span, vocabulary, and object assembly. Babar has completed the:
A. ACT
B. Stanford-Binet
C. WAIS
D. SAT - Roshan, a 10th grader, took a test that measured his potential for college success. Jill, another 10th grader, took a test on the math chapter that had just been covered in class, Roshan most likely took an______test and Jill most likely took an______test.
A. aptitude; aptitude
B. achievement; aptitude
C. aptitude; achievement
D. achievement; achievement - 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 - Serat has developed a new test. He gives the test to 1,000 people. Six weeks later he gives the test to the same 1,000 people. Serat is assessing the______of his test.
A. split-half reliability
B. test-retest reliability
C. alternate form reliability
D. criterion validity - Smedley has a theory that intelligence is related to body temperature. He uses an oral thermometer to measure intelligence. His data most likely have:
A. poor reliability and poor validity.
B. good reliability but poor validity
C. poor reliability but good validity.
D. good reliability and good validity.
Mcq Added by: Lubaba Zarshal
