Question 1

Explain the concepts of fluid and crystallized intelligence.Discuss how each of these components might change across the life span.

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Question 2

Compare and contrast the concepts of reliability, validity, and standardization in testing.

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Question 3

Describe three types of test validity and provide appropriate examples to illustrate how these types of validity assess different aspects of a test.

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Question 4

An IQ above 130 would be an indication an individual might be: ____________________.

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Question 5

Outline the psychometric approach to conceptualizing intelligence.Contrast Spearman's view of intelligence with that of Thurstone.

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Question 6

Describe the hierarchical view of intelligence and how it acts as a compromise between the views of Spearman and Thurstone.

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Question 7

An IQ below 70 would be an indication of a(n): ____________________.

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Question 8

Trace the development of the intelligence quotient (IQ) and discuss how modern calculations of IQ scores differ from earlier calculations.

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Question 9

Research conducted by Claude Steele has provided evidence for ____________________, which suggests that members of underrepresented groups may perform less well on the test because they expect that the members of their group do not generally do well on such tests.

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Question 10

Longitudinal studies of IQ over the life span have shown that scores are stable until about the age of ____________________ when there are modest declines.

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Question 11

The fact that the correlation in IQ scores between monozygotic twins reared ____________________ is higher than that between dizygotic twins reared ____________________ suggests that intellectual development is influenced by environment.

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Question 12

Outline Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences conceptualization of intelligence.Describe each of the eight intelligences that he has identified.

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Question 13

The term ____________________ is a mathematical index that represents the extent to which some characteristic within a population can be accounted for by genetic factors.

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Question 14

What is the major similarity between Howard Gardner's and Robert Sternberg's views about intelligence?

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Question 15

Investigations of interracial adoption and IQ have revealed that African American children reared in economically advantaged White households showed an overall ____________________ in IQ relative to the national average for African American children.This finding supports the proposal that observed differences in IQ scores between various racial and ethnic groups are a result of environment.

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Question 16

An intelligence test score that is derived by determining where a person's performance sits in an age-based distribution of test scores is a(n): ____________________ IQ.

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Question 17

The trend referred to as the ____________________ shows that IQ scores have been generally increasing across the world since the 1930s.

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Question 18

An individual may be a(n) ____________________ if he has limited intellectual and social functioning, but has a tremendous gift in a particular domain, such as art, music, or keeping track of the events occurring on specific dates.

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Question 19

Outline Robert Sternberg's triarchic conceptualization of intelligence.Describe each of the three components of intelligence that he has identified.

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Question 20

Discuss how aptitude and achievement tests differ.What is each type of test designed to measure and when each type of test is most likely to be used?

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