Related Mcqs:

1. 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.

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. 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. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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

7. Which are the most widely used individual tests of intelligence?

   A. Wechsler tests
   B. Stanford-Binet tests
   C. IQ tests
   D. Reaction time tests

8. In which of the following countries are IQ tests LEAST likely to be used?

   A. France
   B. Britain
   C. Australia
   D. China

9. 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

10. Everyone would agree that intelligence tests are “blased” in the sense that:

    A. the heritability of intelligence is very high.
    B. the reliability of intelligence test is close to zero.
    C. numerical scores of intelligence serve to dehumanize individuals.
    D. test performance is influenced by cultural experiences