Related Mcqs:

1. If heritability alone is not responsible for IQ what other factor plays a large role?

   A. Study skills
   B. School performance
   C. Environment
   D. Race

2. Brain size (adjusted for body size is__________correlated with intelligence, and the speed of taking in perceptual information is_______correlated with intelligence.

   A. negative; negatively
   B. positively; not
   C. positively; negatively
   D. positively; positively

3. 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

4. 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)

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

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

6. 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.

7. 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

8. What explanations have been given to challenge inaccurate, calm that differences in IQ scores between black and white Americans are due to genetic differences in intelligence?

   A. Disadvantaged social groups are treated differently
   B. Socio-economic status provides different oppurtunities
   C. IQ test are biased against minority groups
   D. all of the above

9. Sternberg’s Triarchic theory of intelligence includes all of the following EXCEPT:

   A. Analytical intelligence
   B. Creative intelligence
   C. Practical intelligence
   D. Social intelligence

10. The triarchic theory of intelligence, which emphasizes a cognitive perspective, was developed by:

    A. Howard Gardner.
    B. Arthur jensen.
    C. Claude Steele.
    D. Robert Sternberg.