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Francis has applied for admission to a computer science programme, and one of the requirements for admission is the completion of a test that measures sequencing skills and abstract reasoning skills.Her score on this test will be a major factor in the decision about whether to admit her to the programme.In this case, the test that Francis is scheduled to take would be classified as


A) an achievement test.
B) a projective test.
C) a normative test.
D) an aptitude test.

E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

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Summarise the contributions of Binet, Simon, Terman, and Wechsler to the evolution of intelligence testing.

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Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon devised ...

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In his new version of intelligence testing, David Wechsler included new items that required nonverbal reasoning and discarded the intelligence quotient in favor of a new scoring system based on the normal distribution.

A) True
B) False

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In what ways do you think socio-historical context may have influenced the investigation of creativity?

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There's a lot of room for speculation in...

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Adoption studies comparing the intelligence of adopted children to their ____ provide support for the role of genetic factors in intelligence.


A) biological parents
B) adoptive parents
C) adopted siblings
D) adopted twins

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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The fact that the correlation in IQ scores between identical twins reared apart is higher than that between fraternal twins reared together suggests that intellectual development is


A) influenced more by environmental factors than by genetics.
B) affected equally by genetics and environmental factors.
C) influenced more by genetics than by environmental factors.
D) not affected by either genetics or environmental factors.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

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The fact that two people taking the same test in two different places will receive the same instructions, the same questions, and the same time limits means that the test has been


A) synchronised.
B) standardised.
C) validated.
D) regulated.

E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

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At the end of her calculus course, Margaret takes a test to determine how well she has mastered the material.Her calculus test is primarily


A) an achievement test.
B) an intelligence test.
C) an aptitude test.
D) a test of her math potential.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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In general, standard IQ tests (such as the Stanford-Binet and the WAIS) do not translate well into the language and cognitive frameworks of non-Western cultures.

A) True
B) False

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Adoption studies provide support for the influence of


A) environmental factors on intelligence.
B) genetic factors on intelligence.
C) neither environmental nor genetic factors on intelligence.
D) both environmental and genetic factors on intelligence.

E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

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The first crude efforts to devise intelligence tests were made by Lewis Terman, who invented correlation to show that intelligence is inherited.

A) True
B) False

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Summarise evidence from twin studies and adoption studies on whether heredity affects intelligence and discuss the concept of heritability.

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Heritability ratios are estimates of the...

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In the first half of the 20th century, a strong current of racial and class prejudice supported the idea that IQ tests measured innate ability and that "undesirable" groups scored poorly because of their genetic inferiority.This development best reflects which of the following themes of your textbook?


A) Psychology is empirical.
B) Psychology is theoretically diverse.
C) Psychology evolves in a sociocultural context.
D) Behaviour is determined by multiple causes.

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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Interested in learning how to fly airplanes, Roger has just taken a test designed to predict how well he is likely to do in a pilot training program.Roger has taken a(n)


A) achievement test.
B) aptitude test.
C) intelligence test.
D) test of general mental ability.

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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When Charmaine was 10 years old, she completed the original Binet-Simon scale.She answered all the questions that a typical six-year-old would answer, but none of the questions a typical seven-year-old would answer.Based on this information, Charmaine's mental age would be


A) 10 years.
B) 6 years.
C) 8 years.
D) 60 years.

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Which of the following does NOT characterise a psychological test?


A) Psychological tests allow one to predict behaviour with great accuracy.
B) Psychological tests are samples of behaviour.
C) Psychological tests are standardised measures of behaviour.
D) Psychological tests measure individual differences.

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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Who pioneered the idea that the bell curve could be applied to psychological characteristics?


A) Alfred Binet
B) Charles Spearman
C) Francis Galton
D) Theodore Simon

E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

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Information about where an individual score on a psychological test ranks, in relation to other scores on that test, is provided by ____________________ that are developed through test standardisation.

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Davis is a gifted violinist who has been playing the violin since he was two.He started writing his own music when he was four.However, Davis has a difficult time expressing himself with words, and he struggles with all his written assignments for his classes at school.The theory of intelligence that could best be used to account for Davis' different levels of performance in these areas is


A) Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences.
B) Spearman's g-factor theory.
C) Sternberg's triarchic theory.
D) Thurstone's theory of primary mental abilities.

E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

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Which of the following is NOT one of the eight types of intelligence proposed by Gardner?


A) linguistic
B) interpersonal
C) spatial
D) emotional

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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