Related Mcqs:

1. Roshan, a 10th grader, took a test that measured his potential for college success. Jill, another 10th grader, took a test on the math chapter that had just been covered in class, Roshan most likely took an______test and Jill most likely took an______test.

   A. aptitude; aptitude
   B. achievement; aptitude
   C. aptitude; achievement
   D. achievement; achievement

2. 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.

3. Which one of the following is most likely to be true? A person with an IQ of 100 is:

   A. Unlikely to be able to finish high school.
   B. Unable to get a driving license.
   C. Likely to have trouble completing a university degree.
   D. More intelligent than a person with an IQ of 120.

4. In which of the following countries are IQ tests LEAST likely to be used?

   A. France
   B. Britain
   C. Australia
   D. China

5. Intelligence tests are most likely to be considered culturally biased in terms of their:

   A. predictive validity.
   B. factor analysis.
   C. normal distribution.
   D. content validity

6. The eugenics movement would have been most likely to encourage:

   A. creation of special education programs for intellectually inferior children.
   B. use of factor analysis for identification of various types of intelligence.
   C. federal programs, such as Head Start, to assist students from poverty areas.
   D. selective breeding of highly intelligent people.

7. Twenty-five-year-old Aaliya is mentally handicapped that can neither read nor write. However, after hearing lengthy, unfamilar, and complex musical selections just once, she can reproduce them precisely on the piano. It is likely that Aaliya is:

   A. demonstrating a high level of emotionol intelligence.
   B. gifted with a superior level of Sperman’s g factor.
   C. someone with savant syndrome
   D. above average is her capacity for divergent thinking.

8. 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

9. Yasmin is a 23-year-old female who only completed the third grade. She is employed in a sheltered workshop and has a difficult time with mild stress. Yasmin is MOST likely:

   A. profoundly mentally retarded.
   B. suffering from emotional lability brought on by a deficiency of serotonin
   C. moderately mentally retarded
   D. schizophrenic-hebephrenic subtype

10. Smedley has a theory that intelligence is related to body temperature. He uses an oral thermometer to measure intelligence. His data most likely have:

    A. poor reliability and poor validity.
    B. good reliability but poor validity
    C. poor reliability but good validity.
    D. good reliability and good validity.