Related Mcqs:

1. With increasing age, adopted children’s intelligence test scores become________like their adoptive parents’scores and_______similar to their biological parent’s scores.

   A. more; less
   B. less; more
   C. less; less
   D. more; more

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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

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

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

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. A psychologist administers an intelligence test to 100 fourth graders. One month later the psychologist returns and re-administers the test. The psychologist is probably interested in

   A. the validity of the test.
   B. an operational definition of “intelligence.”
   C. the creation of a “culture fair” test.
   D. the reliability of the test.

10. 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