Related Mcqs:

1. In one experiment, college students were either aware or unaware that experts would evaluate their creativity in constructing paper collages. This experiment most directly illustrated that creativity is facilitated by:

   A. the Flynn effect.
   B. emotional intelligence.
   C. imaginative thinking skills.
   D. intrinsic motivation

2. Researchers suggests that the link between creativity and madness is mythical. However, madness can effect a creative person’s

   A. Motivation
   B. Relationship
   C. Product quality
   D. Intelligence

3. Which of the following is a true statement regarding Francis Galton?

   A. He took the position that intelligence is largely determined by heredity.
   B. He advocated the development of special programs to tap the intellectual potential of the culturally disadvantaged
   C. He developed tests that identified those children who were unable to profit from a normal education.
   D. He took the position that intelligence is more matter of environment than heredity.

4. 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.

5. Which of the following is a factor that influences success for the gifted?

   A. extrinsic motivation
   B. level of adjustment
   C. persistence
   D. sibling rivarly

6. The measured difference in IQ between African Americans and white Americans is most likely to be due to which one of the following factors?

   A. Bias in testing.
   B. Genetics.
   C. Environmental differences.
   D. Lack of effort.

7. Flynn has shown that there has been a standard deviation increase, per generation, in the mean level of intelligence test performance for most of this country in Western society, which equates to about three IQ points per decade. He believes that such a difference has to be result of which one of the following?

   A. An environmental change, because gene frequencies in populations couldn’t change so quickly.
   B. Improvements in the gene pool as we evolve.
   C. A statistical artefact.
   D. None of the above.

8. Most school districts consider children who__________to be gifted.

   A. have IQ scores above 115
   B. score in the upper 2%-3% of the IQ distribution
   C. have parents in professional careers
   D. demonstrate high levels of leadership and creativity

9. Speed of processing has been measured by which of the following techniques?

   A. the number of mistakes a person makes
   B. the amount of time a person needs to clap their hands when instructed
   C. the brain activity that follows exposure to a stimulus
   D. how quickly a person can blink their eyes after being told to do so

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

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