Name: __________________________ Date: _____________


1.
Howard Gardner proposed a theory of _____.
A.
language development
B.
fluid and crystallized intelligence
C.
culture specificity intelligence
D.
multiple intelligences


2.
Sternberg's triarchic theory of successful intelligence includes analytic intelligence, creative intelligence, and _____.
A.
fluid intelligence
B.
past and present knowledge to ongoing problems
C.
fluid and crystallized knowledge to problem-solving
D.
practical intelligence


3.
If a test gives you the same score each time you take the test, that test would be _____.
A.
reliable
B.
valid
C.
standardized
D.
useless


4.
Validity refers to the ability of a test to _____.
A.
return the same score on separate administrations of the test
B.
measure what it is designed to measure
C.
avoid discrimination between different cultural groups
D.
give a standard deviation of scores


5.
The first IQ test to be widely used in the United States was the _____?
A.
Stanford-Binet
B.
SAT
C.
ACT
D.
AFQT


6.
A ten-year-old child with a mental age of seven would have an IQ score _____?
A.
of 170
B.
that is significantly higher than expected
C.
of 70
D.
that is slightly above average


7.
Which of the following persons would be most likely to have similar IQ test scores?
A.
identical twins raised apart
B.
identical twins raised together
C.
fraternal twins raised apart
D.
brothers and sisters from the same parents


8.
The general capacity to profit from experience, acquire knowledge, and adapt to changes in the environment is known as _____.
A.
fluid intelligence
B.
intelligence
C.
adaptation
D.
evolution


9.
Spearman believed that intelligence was composed of a general cognitive ability, which he called _____.
A.
“g”
B.
IQ
C.
GCA
D.
“I”


10.
Cattell proposed that there were two types of intelligence: one that referred to new knowledge and one that referred to accumulated knowledge. He called these _____.
A.
knowledge and wisdom
B.
novel and fixed knowledge
C.
fluid and crystallized intelligence
D.
working and stored information


11.
_____ is (are) the term used for developing specific procedures for administering and scoring a test, and establishing norms for the test scores in a given population.
A.
Reliability procedures
B.
Validity testing
C.
Specification
D.
Standardization


12.
The first successful intelligence test was developed in_____ by _____.
A.
France; Terman
B.
France; Binet
C.
the United States; Terman
D.
the United States; Binet


Answer Key

1. D
2. D
3. A
4. B
5. A
6. C
7. B
8. B
9. A
10. C
11. D
12. B