At age 16, Angel's intelligence score was 110. What will her score probably be at age 32?
105
110
115
There is no basis for predicting an individual's future IQ.
Which of the following best describes the relationship between creativity and intelligence?
Creativity appears to depend on the ability to think imaginatively and has little if any relationship to intelligence.
Creativity is best understood as a certain kind of intelligence.
The more intelligent a person is, the greater his or her creativity.
A certain level of intelligence is necessary but not sufficient for creativity.
Intrinsic motivation is an important component of:
the intelligence quotient.
creativity.
the Flynn effect.
savant syndrome.
the g factor.
In his study of children with high intelligence scores, Terman found that:
the children were more emotional and less healthy than a control group.
the children were ostracized by classmates.
the children were healthy and well-adjusted, and did well academically.
later, as adults, they nearly all achieved great vocational success.
Achievement tests are designed to:
measure desire and potential capacity to successfully meet challenges.
assess ability to produce novel and valuable ideas.
compare an individual's personality with those of highly successful people.
assess learned knowledge or skills.
A measure of intelligence based on head size is likely to have a ________ level of reliability and a ________ level of validity.
low; low
low; high
high; low
high; high
Tests of ________ measure what an individual can do now, whereas tests of ________ predict what an individual will be able to do later.
aptitude; achievement
achievement; aptitude
reliability; validity
validity; reliability
There is a ________ correlation between head size and intelligence and a ________ correlation between brain size and intelligence.
slightly negative; slightly positive
slightly positive; slightly negative
moderately positive; slightly positive
slightly positive; moderately positive
Vanessa is a very creative sculptress. We would expect that Vanessa also:
has an exceptionally high intelligence score.
is quite introverted.
has a venturesome personality and is intrinsically motivated.
lacks expertise in most other skills.
is more successful than other sculptors.
The heritability of intelligence is lowest among genetically ________ individuals who have been raised in ________ environments.
similar; similar
dissimilar; similar
similar; dissimilar
dissimilar; dissimilar
Research on the effectiveness of Head Start suggests that enrichment programs:
produce permanent gains in intelligence scores.
improve school readiness, but have no measurable impact on intelligence scores.
improve intelligence scores but not school readiness.
produce temporary gains in intelligence scores.
Binet and Terman would have been most likely to disagree about the:
extent to which intelligence is determined by heredity.
need to standardize intelligence tests.
possibility of predicting people's academic success from intelligence test scores.
extent to which individuals differ in their intellectual abilities.
When performing a task, the brains of highly skilled people:
require less glucose energy.
register simple stimuli more quickly.
demonstrate a more complex brain-wave response to stimuli.
do all of the above.
Who would have been the LEAST enthusiastic about a reliance on eugenics for the improvement of human intellectual functioning?
Plato
Binet
Terman
Darwin
During the 1960s and 1970s, performance on the WAIS ________ and performance on college entrance aptitude tests ________.
declined; declined
improved; declined
declined; improved
improved; improved
If you compare the same trait in people of similar heredity who live in very different environments, heritability for that trait will be ________; heritability for the trait is most likely to be ________ among people of very different heredities who live in similar environments.
environmental; genetic
genetic; environmental
If both depressed and nondepressed individuals receive similar scores on a diagnostic test for depression, it is said that the test:
has not been standardized.
is not valid.
is not reliable.
has not been factor-analyzed.
does not produce scores that form a normal distribution.
Sorting children into gifted and nongifted educational groups:
presumes that giftedness is a single trait.
does not result in higher academic achievement scores.
promotes racial segregation and prejudice.
sometimes creates self-fulfilling prophecies.
has all of the above effects.
Before becoming attorneys, law students must pass a special licensing exam, which is an ________ test. Before entering college, high school students must take the SAT, which is an ________ test.
achievement; achievement
aptitude; aptitude
In order for Mr. and Mrs. Goldberg to best predict their newborn daughter's future intellectual aptitude they should:
carefully assess the infant's sensory and reflexive responses.
observe their daughter's general level of emotional reactivity.
obtain information about their own levels of intelligence.
monitor the age at which their child first walks and talks.
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