Intelligence

Question 1

4 factors of the Wechsler scales

Answer 1

verbal comprehension 
working memory 
perception organisation/ reasoning 
processing speed 
(general ability)

Question 2

verbal comprehension involves

Answer 2

language skills

Question 3

working memory involves

Answer 3

number skills

Question 4

perceptual organisation/ reasoning involves

Answer 4

pictures/ visual puzzles

Question 5

processing speed involves

Answer 5

coding of visuals

Question 6

general ability in the wechsler can be broken into the two higher order factors of

Answer 6

visual comprehension

perceptual reasoning

Question 7

types of IQ

Answer 7

full scale 
crystallised 
fluid 
spatial 
general

Question 8

full scale IQ is

Answer 8

avg of fluid and crystallised

Question 9

crystallised IQ is

Answer 9

based on prior knowledge

Question 10

fluid IQ is

Answer 10

based on reasoning

Question 11

spatial IQ is

Answer 11

mental rotation of objects

Question 12

Sterberg’s 2 factors of intelligence

Answer 12

academic IQ (schooling)
everyday IQ (socially mediated)

Question 13

in the wechsler full scale IQ is

Answer 13

verbal IQ + performance IQ

Question 14

what does inter-correlation validity mean?

Answer 14

items hang together

Question 15

gardeners 8 intelligences

Answer 15

logical 
linguistic 
musical 
visual spatial 
kinaesthetic 
interpersonal 
naturalistic 
intrapersonal

Question 16

5 types of temperament

Answer 16

well adjusted 
under-controlled 
confident 
inhibited 
reserved

Question 17

What type of validity are interviews better for

Answer 17

face validity

Question 18

what could account for variances in job performance

Answer 18

personality
motivation
character
temperament

Question 19

how do you shorten your refractory time?

Answer 19

by completing the central stage of stimulus 1 faster

Question 20

what are the 3 stages of reaction time

Answer 20

perceptual stage
central stage
motor stage

Question 21

what is the stage called between the processing of stimuli 1 and stimuli 2?

Answer 21

refractory period

Question 22

what dictates inspection time?

Answer 22

speed of operating nervous system

Question 23

5 factors of cattell-horn-carrol intelligence model

Answer 23

fluid 
crystallised 
visual processing 
short-term memory 
procesing speed

Question 24

What are the 3 levels in carrol’s 3 strata model

Answer 24

1 speed factors
2 8 core abilities and processes
3 general intelligence

Question 25

name 3 people who used factor analysis for their models of intelligence

Answer 25

spearman (2 factors)
thurstone (7 factor model)
gardner (multiple factors)

Question 26

what is black boxing

Answer 26

not understanding the foundation/ meaning/ theory behind the test

Question 27

what are the adv of computerised testing

Answer 27

tailored
quicker
can measure behavioural indicators (response time)
loss of social desirability influences

Question 28

in behavioural observation there are two types of behaviours

Answer 28

characteristic

specific

Question 29

what are characteristic behaviours

Answer 29

motor skills
restlessness
attention 
impulsivity 
language

Question 30

what are specific behaviours

Answer 30

consistency in performance 
mood 
frustration 
change in mental state
fear of failure 
cooperativeness 
anxiety 
need for redirection

Question 31

What tests have more predictive validity in intelligence

Answer 31

tests taken after 2.5 years of age

Question 32

what are 5 examples of intelligence tests used with infants/ children

Answer 32

gesell development schedules 
bayley scale 
mccarthy scales 
fels longitudinal study 
weschler

Question 33

what is an example of how ordinal data can be used quantitatively

Answer 33

functional independence of elderly people

Question 34

6 facets of psychological assessment

Answer 34

measurement 
assessment 
black boxing 
communication 
consequences 
representation