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. Professor Ehsan gave his class a twenty-question test covering two weeks of class material. Fifteens were on the structures of the brain, although he only spent ten minutes talking about the brain. Professor Ehsan’s test did not appear to have adequate_______validity.

   A. criterion
   B. predictive
   C. alternate form
   D. content

3. When interpreting the results from the final exam, Professor Hisham noticed that the students who had test from A scored significantly higher than those who had test from B. Professor Hisham concluded that the final exam was low on:

   A. alternate-from reliability
   B. split-half reliability.
   C. content validity.
   D. criterion reliability.

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

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

5. Alfred Binet developed his intelligence test to ____________?

   A. identify soldiers for certain military duties.
   B. show that intelligence was influenced by genetic and environmental factors.
   C. measure what a person has accomplished or learned in a particular area.
   D. identify children who needed special education programs

6. In Binet’s test of intelligence , items included at each age level were those which.

   A. Cloud be answered an average child of that age.
   B. Measured rote learning and memory.
   C. Revealed a child’s grade level in school.
   D. Required creative as well as correct answers.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. On the most modern IQ tests, a score of 115 would be:

   A. about normal.
   B. about 15% higher than the averege of one’s age-mates.
   C. an indication of genius.
   D. one standard deviation above the mean.

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