Related Mcqs:

1. Serat has developed a new test. He gives the test to 1,000 people. Six weeks later he gives the test to the same 1,000 people. Serat is assessing the______of his test.

   A. split-half reliability
   B. test-retest reliability
   C. alternate form reliability
   D. criterion validity

2. 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.

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

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

4. 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

5. Mental retardation is represented by which of the following characteristics?

   A. Low general intelligence
   B. Slow on-line processing
   C. A known organic etiology
   D. IQ below 70
   E. All of the above

6. 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

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

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

9. 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

10. 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.