Related Mcqs:

1. 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.

2. By measuring the extent to which identical twins reared together score differently on intelligence tests researchers can determine the influence of which factors on intelligence?

   A. Shared environments
   B. Non-shared environments
   C. Shared and non-shared environments
   D. Genetic traits

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. The items actually selected for an intelligence test provide a (n)_______definition of intelligence.

   A. functional
   B. valid
   C. reliable
   D. operational

5. Sadiq and Tahir had an excellent time-travel adventure back to 1916. In order to come back to present sadiq (who is a little below average in intelligence needs a score of 115 on the stanford-Binet Intelligence Test, Sadiq has to convince Professor Tahir that he is_______than he actually is, because the Stanford-Binet IQ was calculated as________.

   A. older; (mental age/chronological age 10
   B. younger; (mental age/chronological age 100
   C. older; (chronological age/mental age 10
   D. younger; (chronological age/mental age 10

6. Research on intelligence and brain functioning that highly intelligent children demonstrate_______than their less intelligent counterparts.

   A. smaller synaptic gaps
   B. longer axons
   C. higher dopamine levels
   D. greater neural plasticity

7. 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

8. When professor Muniza asks her students to answers in class, she can quickly tell from their facial expressions whether they are happy to participate professor Muniza’s perceptual skill best illustrates:

   A. emotional intelligence
   B. divergent thinking.
   C. analytical intelligence.
   D. logistical intelligence.

9. Which of the following is one of Gardner’s types of intelligence?

   A. executive skills
   B. ethics
   C. music
   D. creativity

10. Which are the most widely used individual tests of intelligence?

    A. Wechsler tests
    B. Stanford-Binet tests
    C. IQ tests
    D. Reaction time tests