Question 10.1

Which of the following abilities is not an accepted feature of intelligence?

1. the ability to direct one’s thinking
2. the ability to adapt to one’s circumstances
3. the ability to care for oneself
4. the ability to learn from one’s experiences

c

Question 10.2

Intelligence tests

1. were first developed to help children who lagged behind their peers.
2. were developed to measure aptitude rather than educational achievement.
3. have been used for detestable ends.
4. all of the above

d

Question 10.3

Intelligence tests have been shown to be predictors of

1. academic performance.
2. mental health.
3. physical health.
4. all of the above.

d

Question 10.4

People who score well on one test of mental ability usually score well on others, suggesting that

1. tests of mental ability are perfectly correlated.
2. intelligence cannot be measured meaningfully.
3. there is a general ability called intelligence.
4. intelligence is genetic.

c

Question 10.5

The two-factor theory suggests that intelligence is a combination of general ability and

1. factor analysis.
2. specific abilities.
3. primary mental abilities.
4. creative intelligence.

b

Question 10.6

Most scientists now believe that intelligence is best described

1. as a set of group factors.
2. by a two-factor framework.
3. as a single, general ability.
4. by a three-level hierarchy.

d

Question 10.7

Standard intelligence tests typically measure

1. analytic intelligence.
2. practical intelligence.
3. creative intelligence.
4. all of the above.

a

Question 10.8

Intelligence is influenced by

1. genes alone.
2. genes and environment.
3. environment alone.
4. neither genes nor environment.

b

Question 10.9

The heritability coefficient is a statistic that describes how much of the difference between different people’s intelligence scores can be explained by

1. the nature of the specific test.
2. differences in their environment.
3. differences in their genes.
4. their age at the time of testing.

c

Question 10.10

Intelligence changes

1. over the life span and across generations.
2. over the life span but not across generations.
3. across generations but not over the life span.
4. neither across generations nor over the life span.

a

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Question 10.11

A person’s socioeconomic status has a(n)___________effect on intelligence.

1. powerful
2. negligible
3. unsubstantiated
4. unknown

a

Question 10.12

Which of the following statements is false?

1. Modern intelligence tests have a very strong cultural bias.
2. Testing situations can impair the performance of some groups more than others.
3. Test performance can suffer if the test taker is concerned about confirming a racial or gender stereotype.
4. Some ethnic groups perform better than others on intelligence tests.

a

Question 10.13

On which of the following does broad agreement exist among scientists?

1. Differences in the intelligence test scores of different ethnic groups are clearly due to genetic differences between those groups.
2. Differences in the intelligence test scores of different ethnic groups are caused in part by factors such as low birth weight and poor diet that are more prevalent in some groups than in others.
3. Differences in the intelligence test scores of different ethnic groups always reflect real differences in intelligence.
4. Genes that are strongly associated with intelligence have been found to be more prevalent in some ethnic groups than in others.

b

Question 10.14

Gifted children tend to

1. be equally gifted in several domains.
2. be gifted in a single domain.
3. lose their special talent in adulthood.
4. change the focus of their interests relatively quickly.

b