A. it can help label people as genius and gifted.
B. there is a perfect correlation between standardized tests and academic performance.
C. they predict future occupational success.
D. they are fairer and more objective than admission officers’ judgements.
Related Mcqs:
- Katrina received a 740 on her Math SAT. She decided to take the SAT again and are so similar is because the SAt has high
A. predictability
B. reliability
C. generalizability
D. validity. - If you score at the 75th percentile on a standardize test, it means that:
A. 75% of those who took the test scored better than you did.
B. 25% of those who took the test scored less than you did.
C. 75% of those who took the test scored same or less than you did.
D. you answered 75% of thes correctly. - Who would be the most norm group for the ACT or SAT college-entrance tests?
A. lawyers
B. high school seniors
C. college graduates
D. college sophomores - Sameena is reading about the history of IQ testing. She finds that Binet’s original intelligence test did not:
A. deal with the concept of mental age vs. chronological age.
B. include items for adults.
C. attempt to test the ability to reason.
D. assume that children’s ability increased with age. - In testing consistency is to______as truth is to__________?
A. Idealism; repetitiveness
B. Repetitiveness; idealism
C. Validity; reliability
D. Reliability; validity - Standardization includes formalizing testing procedures and establishing
A. goals
B. plans
C. norms
D. forms - 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 - 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 - 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 - The best summary statement regarding the role of heredity on human intelligence is that
A. heredity may impose upper limits on intelligence.
B. heredity may impose lower limits on intelligence.
C. intelligence is almost completely related to genetic inheritance.
D. the similarity in IQ scores among maternal relatives is greater that that among paternal relatives.