Intelligence -Test 3

Question 1

2 types of psychological tests

Answer 1

1. Personality tests: interests
2. Mental ability tests

Question 2

Intelligence

Answer 2

• mental potential to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to a new situation

Question 3

Theories of multiple intelligences

Answer 3

a) analytic intelligence: assessed by traditional IQ tests
b) Creative intelligence: the ability to generate new, unique ideas; inventive
c) Practical intelligence: dealing effectively with practical problems/tasks encountered in everyday life

Question 4

4 basic Abilities of Emotional Intelligence

Answer 4

a) perceiving emotions
b) understanding emotions
c) managing emotions
d) using emotions

Question 5

Before a test is acceptable for public use it must meet 3 criteria:

Answer 5

1. Standardization
2. Reliability: test-retest reliability
3. Validity: content validity, predictive validity

Question 6

What is the purpose of psychological tests?

Answer 6

• measures a sample of an individual’s behaviour

Question 8

What do personality tests measure?

Answer 8

• it measures traits, attitudes and interests

Question 9

Three types of mental ability tests:

Answer 9

a) intelligence tests
b) aptitude tests
c) achievement tests

Question 10

What is the new scoring system to measure intelligence

Answer 10

Wechsler’s Deviation IQ score

Question 11

What is Gardner’s Eight intelligences

Answer 11

• some individuals represent talents rather than intelligences

Question 12

Why do some ethnic groups score lower even if the IQ test was designed to be culture-fair?

Answer 12

• this is likely due to environmental factors such as being raised in poverty (poor nutrition, school and limited access)

Question 13

What are the two views on IQ

Answer 13

1) IQ reflects a general capacity for reasoning across a variety of tasks
2) IQ reflects a set of individual/independent abilities and not a general trait

Question 14

Factor analysis

Answer 14

• type of statistic that determines which IQ test questions are related. This is used to determine which view is correct

Question 15

What was the purpose of the Twin studies

Answer 15

• to see if there is any correlation in IQ scored of Indetical twins compared to correlation in IQ scored of Fraternal twins

Question 16

What is the adoption studies

Answer 16

• to determine the correlation in IQ scores of biological parent/child Paris is compared to those of adoptive parent/child Paairs

Question 17

What is the relationship between genetics and the environment?

Answer 17

Genetics sets the limits/boundaries on IQ and the environment determines where the person falls within these limits

Question 18

Which concept refers to the genetically-determined limits on IQ?

Answer 18

reaction-range

Question 19

Heritability

Answer 19

• proportion of variance in IQ that can be attributed to genetics
• believed to be between 50-80%

Question 20

Flynn effect

Answer 20

• • performance on IQ tests has steadily increased over generations suggesting the influence of the environment (gene pool couldn’t have changed that quickly)