Related Mcqs:

1. The intelligence test scores of identical twins are

   A. lower when they are raised together than when they are raised apart.
   B. greater than that for fraternal twins raised together.
   C. lower than that for any other blood relatives.
   D. the same whether they are reared together or apart.

2. 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

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 fact that fraternal twins are more similar in intelligence than ordinary siblings suggests the importance of _____________?

   A. common hereditary factors.
   B. common environmental factors.
   C. genetic effects.
   D. effects of intrauterine environment.

5. Researchers are in the process of developing a new college entrance exam. They want to ensure that wherever the test is given, it will be administered scored, and interpreted in the same manner. In other words, the researchers are concerned with

   A. standardization
   B. reliability
   C. quantification
   D. psychophysics

6. Ana has a score of 115 on an IQ test that can be compared to the score of hundreds of other people who took the some test. The capability to compare scores statistically is a function of

   A. norms
   B. validity.
   C. reliability.
   D. stability.

7. On the most modern IQ tests, a score of 115 would be:

   A. about normal.
   B. about 15% higher than the averege of one’s age-mates.
   C. an indication of genius.
   D. one standard deviation above the mean.

8. 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.

9. 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

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