Related Mcqs:

1. Which of the following is a true statement about mental retardation?

   A. Most retarded people are unable to live normal lives because of their mental deficiencies.
   B. With special tutoring, a mentally retarded person can attain average intelligence.
   C. The majority of mentally retarded people fall in the mildly retarded category.
   D. Diagnoses of mental retardation should be based exclusively on IQ scores.

2. Mental retardation caused by birth injuries or fetal damage is called_______retardation.

   A. cretinism.
   B. adaptive behavior.
   C. microcephaly.
   D. eugenics.

3. Research on mental retardation indicates that:

   A. most mentally retarded individuals suffer from savant syndrome.
   B. most mentally retarded individuals are unable to profit from vocational training.
   C. most mentally retarded individuals are unable to function within mainstream society.
   D. none of the above is true

4. The percentage of people diagnosed with mental retardation has_________over the past 80 years because intelligence test have been______.

   A. decreased; restandardized
   B. decreased; factor analyzed
   C. increased; factor analyzed
   D. increased; restandardized

5. The form of mental retardation that is caused by the presence of an extra chromosome is _____________?

   A. Severe retardation
   B. hydrocephaly
   C. phenylketonuria
   D. Down syndrome

6. Evidence indicating that urbringing affects one’s mental ability is provided by which of the following findings?

   A. Identical twins are more similar in IQ than fraternal twins
   B. There is more than a chance similarity between adopted children and their biological parents.
   C. Siblings reared together are more similar in IQ than sibling reared apart.
   D. Identical twins reared apart are more similar Iq siblings reared together.

7. 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

8. _______intelligence tests assess a wide variety of mental abilities.

   A. IQ
   B. Special
   C. Multiple
   D. General

9. The characteristics of savant syndrome have been used to support:

   A. Spearman’s belief in a general intelligence or g, factor.
   B. Cantor and Kihlstrom’s distinction between academic and social intelligence.
   C. Eysenck’s idea that intelligence is linked to information processing speed.
   D. Gardner’s argument for multiple intelligences.

10. Selective breeding for desirable characteristics is called _____________?

    A. cretinism
    B. adaptive behavior
    C. microcephaly
    D. eugenics