Related Mcqs:

1. With increasing age, adopted children’s intelligence test scores become________like their adoptive parents’scores and_______similar to their biological parent’s scores.

   A. more; less
   B. less; more
   C. less; less
   D. more; more

2. When Asians and Americans asked what accounts for the consistently higher scores in mathematics among Asians, Americans are likely to conclude it is due to

   A. The environment
   B. Hard work
   C. Better schooling
   D. Genetics

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. IQ test scores represent________measures of intelligence.

   A. Genotypic
   B. Environmental
   C. Modular
   D. Phenotypic

6. The intelligence test scores of identical twins are

   A. lower when they are raised together than when they are raised apart.
   B. greater than that for fraternal twins raised together.
   C. lower than that for any other blood relatives.
   D. the same whether they are reared together or apart.

7. Brain size (adjusted for body size is__________correlated with intelligence, and the speed of taking in perceptual information is_______correlated with intelligence.

   A. negative; negatively
   B. positively; not
   C. positively; negatively
   D. positively; positively

8. 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

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

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

10. 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