A. mildly retarded
B. significantly retarded
C. severely retarded
D. moderately retarded
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - 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. - 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 - Terman’s longitudinal study of people with extremely high IQs found that nearly all of them:
A. dropped out of high school and became entrepreneurs.
B. tended to live just as long as their lower IQ score counterparts.
C. had higher than average physical and mental health
D. became world-famous inventors, writers, artists, etc. - When the same procedures are used in giving a test to all people, the test has been:
A. validated
B. normalized
C. operationalized
D. standardized - The fact that fraternal twins are more similar in intelligence than ordinary siblings suggests the importance of _____________?
A. common hereditary factors.
B. common environmental factors.
C. genetic effects.
D. effects of intrauterine environment. - If Jane’s intelligence quotient is 100,we know that she has a _____________?
A. perfect score on a set of age-related tests.
B. test performance superior to 90% of other children the same age who took the test.
C. mental age typical of children who have the same chronological age.
D. mental age below those of children with the same chronoligical age. - 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 - Selective breeding for desirable characteristics is called _____________?
A. cretinism
B. adaptive behavior
C. microcephaly
D. eugenics - The term “g-factor,” written about by Neisser, refers to _____________?
A. generation factors
B. general abilities
C. Gardner factors
D. group factors