Chapter 1 Intelligence Testing

Question 1

What does Innate mean?

Answer 1

When something is innate it means it has been present from birth rather than being acquired through life experiences.

Question 2

What is crainiometry

Answer 2

Craniometry is the study of someone’s head shape and size as a measure of their intelligence.

Question 3

What is neurology

Answer 3

Neurology is the study of the brain and the nervous system

Question 4

What is meant by the term confirmatory bias?

Answer 4

Confirmatory bias is when a scientists expectations unconsciously affect the outcome of their research, because they already know what they expected find they may then miss other possibilities.

Question 5

Which discipline did Alfred Binet believe had confirmatory bias?

Answer 5

Craniometry, he noted that the scientists performing craniometry unconsciously measured heads in a way that would confirm their theory.

Question 6

What is psychometrics?

Answer 6

Psychometrics is a study which involves measurements of the mind, including personality traits, mood and intelligence.

Question 7

What is the Binnet-Simon test?

Answer 7

The Binet-Simon test is a test created to measure the differences in intelligence between people so that people with special educational needs could be identified.

Question 8

What do intelligence tests measure?

Answer 8

Short term memory, verbal ability, non verbal reasoning, numbers as well as general knowledge and logic.

Question 9

What is meant by the terms test norms and test standardisation?

Answer 9

Test norms are the expected normal for a particular population which test marks would be compared against.
Test standardisation is where the test norms are found by giving the test to a large group of people from the population in which the test will be administered.

Question 10

What is correlation?

Answer 10

Correlation is the measure of an association between two events or things

Question 11

What does IQ Mean

Answer 11

Intelligence quotient.
It is the score on an intelligence test and is measured by devising the mental age by chronological age and the multiplied by 100.

Question 12

What is meant by Normal distribution?

Answer 12

Normal distribution is the idea that characteristics that are varied between different people will be ravenous distributed between

Question 13

What is meant by Normal distribution?

Answer 13

Normal distribution is the idea that characteristics that are varied between different people will be ravenous distributed between

Question 14

What is a bell curve?

Answer 14

It is an image on a graph which represents the normal distribution.

Question 15

What is the wais test?

Answer 15

Wechsler adult intelligence scale,

Question 16

What skills does the wais test look at?

Answer 16

Verbal comprehension
Perceptual reasoning
Working memory
Processing speed

Question 17

What is the wais test?

Answer 17

Wechsler adult intelligence scale,

Question 18

What skills does the wais test look at?

Answer 18

Verbal reasoning
Comprehension
Perceptual reasoning

Question 19

What skills does the wais test look at?

Answer 19

Verbal reasoning
Comprehension
Perceptual reasoning

Question 20

What is working memory?

Answer 20

The type of memory that is used to store and use information whilst you are carrying out a task.

Question 21

What is meant by fluid intelligence and crystallised intelligence?

Answer 21

Fluid intelligence refers to problem solving and the use of logical thinking whereas crystallised intelligence refers to learned intelligence such as language and knowledge.

Question 22

What is a theory

Answer 22

Is the proposed idea about a phenomenon which will attempt to explain said phenomenon.

Question 23

How do we measure validity of a test?

Answer 23

We have to see the extent to which the test performs the test in which it was performed to do.