Question 1

A test is reliable if it

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A)   measures what it claims to measure or predicts what it is supposed to predict.
B)   yields dependably consistent scores.
C)   has been standardized on a representative sample of all those who are likely to take the test.
D)   produces a normal distribution of scores.E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 2

An intelligence test is best described as a method designed to assess

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A)   academic achievement.
B)   mental aptitudes.
C)   inherited skills.
D)   chromosomal abnormalities.E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 3

The written exam for a driver's license would most likely be considered a(n) ________ test.

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A)   achievement
B)   reliability
C)   aptitude
D)   intelligenceE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 4

When Brandon was told that he correctly answered 80 percent of the items on a math achievement test,he asked how his performance compared with that of the average test-taker.Brandon's concern was directly related to the issue of

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A)   standardization.
B)   predictive validity.
C)   reliability.
D)   content validity.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 5

Which test has been demonstrated to be a highly reliable measure?

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A)   Stanford-Binet
B)   WAIS
C)   WISC
D)   All of these tests have proven to be highly reliable.E) B) and C)
F) A) and C) D

Question 6

The original IQ formula would be LEAST appropriate for representing the intelligence test performance of

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A)   kindergartners.
B)   grade school students.
C)   middle school students.
D)   university students.E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 7

Aptitude tests are to ________ as achievement tests are to ________.

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A)   current interests;past competence
B)   past competence;current interests
C)   current competence;future performance
D)   future performance;current competenceE) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 8

Dr.Walsh has designed a test to measure eleventh-graders' knowledge of American history.To ensure that the test represents eleventh-graders in the United States,he is standardizing the test by

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A)   correlating their scores on two halves of the test.
B)   measuring its Flynn effect.
C)   giving it to a representative sample of eleventh-graders.
D)   establishing a criterion behavior to test.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 9

The distribution of body weights in the general adult human population forms a(n)

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A)   algorithm.
B)   normal curve.
C)   representative sample.
D)   standardized group.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 10

You have been hired by a large public school system to construct a musical aptitude test.Describe how you would standardize your test and assess its reliability and validity.Explain why it might be more difficult to develop a valid musical aptitude test than a reliable one.

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Question 11

Encouraging those of high intellectual ability to mate with one another was of most interest to

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A)   Alfred Binet.
B)   William Stern.
C)   David Wechsler.
D)   Francis Galton.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C) D

Question 12

Binet used the term mental age to refer to

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A)   the average chronological age of children who completed a particular grade in school.
B)   the years of formal education successfully completed by a child.
C)   the total number of items correctly answered on an intelligence test divided by the child's chronological age.
D)   the chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of intelligence test performance.E) None of the above
F) B) and C) D

Question 13

The WAIS yields an overall intelligence score,as well as separate scores for more specific abilities such as

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A)   reasoning aptitude.
B)   creative thinking.
C)   working memory.
D)   vocational fitness.E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

Who would have been the LEAST enthusiastic about relying on eugenics for the improvement of human intellectual functioning?

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A)   Francis Galton
B)   Alfred Binet
C)   Lewis Terman
D)   Charles DarwinE) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 15

It would be reasonable to suggest that the Flynn effect is due in part to

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A)   the deteriorating quality of parental involvement in children's education.
B)   greater educational opportunities,smaller families,and rising living standards.
C)   the decreasing reliance on a single test score as an index of mental aptitudes.
D)   the failure to restandardize existing intelligence tests.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 16

In the early twentieth century,the U.S.government developed intelligence tests to evaluate newly arriving immigrants.Poor test scores among immigrants who were not of Anglo-Saxon heritage were attributed by some psychologists of that day to

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A)   stereotype threat.
B)   innate mental inferiority.
C)   savant syndrome.
D)   differences in cultural experiences.E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 17

The extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest is referred to as

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A)   content validity.
B)   predictive validity.
C)   split-half reliability.
D)   test-retest reliability.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 18

Hereditary Genius is the title of a book authored by

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A)   James Flynn.
B)   David Wechsler.
C)   Francis Galton.
D)   Alfred Binet.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 19

The first modern test of intelligence was developed in

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A)   Germany.
B)   Britain.
C)   France.
D)   Italy.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 20

Some hereditarians have been fearful that higher twentieth-century birth rates among those with lower intelligence scores would shove average intelligence scores progressively downward.This fear has been most directly alleviated by the discovery of

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A)   mental ages.
B)   the g factor.
C)   content validity.
D)   the Flynn effect.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Exam 29: Thinking

A test is reliable if it

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An intelligence test is best described as a method designed to assess

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The written exam for a driver's license would most likely be considered a(n) ________ test.

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When Brandon was told that he correctly answered 80 percent of the items on a math achievement test,he asked how his performance compared with that of the average test-taker.Brandon's concern was directly related to the issue of

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Which test has been demonstrated to be a highly reliable measure?

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The original IQ formula would be LEAST appropriate for representing the intelligence test performance of

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Aptitude tests are to ________ as achievement tests are to ________.

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Dr.Walsh has designed a test to measure eleventh-graders' knowledge of American history.To ensure that the test represents eleventh-graders in the United States,he is standardizing the test by

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The distribution of body weights in the general adult human population forms a(n)

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