PSYC 290 EXAM SCRIPT TESTED
QUESTIONS FULL SOLUTION PREMIUM
STUDY MATERIAL
●● Jade is a graduate student who has been studying psychology for the
past six years. When she first started in her psychology classes, she
frequently got key concepts mixed up. Now she can easily apply core
concepts to novel situations. What type of intelligence is associated with
Jade's current ability to apply her knowledge?
a. inductive intelligence
b. experimental intelligence
c. crystallized intelligence
d. fluid intelligence
Answer: c. crystallized intelligence
●● High similarity between which of the following would constitute the
strongest evidence for environmental influence in intelligence?
a. identical twins reared together
b. adopted children and their biological parents
c. adopted children and their adoptive parents
d. parents and their biological children
Answer: c. adopted children and their adoptive parents
,●● At the beginning of the semester, all the students enrolled in a fitness
class are required to take a test designed to assess their current fitness
level. The test assesses each student's fat-to-muscle ratio, asks a number
of questions about lifestyle and personal habits and measures aerobic
function and stress response. Which of the following appears to be true
about the preliminary fitness test?
a. it has been well standardized
b. it is likely to have high reliability
c. it is likely to have high construct validity
d. it is likely to have low criterion-related validity
Answer: c. it is likely to have high construct validity
●● Currently, what is the proportion of the general population classified
as intellectually disabled?
Answer: 2-3%
●● What are the means and standard deviations used for most modern
intelligence quotient tests?
Answer: mean of 100 points and stand deviation of 15 points
●● If you know that Marnie has a high IQ score, you could predict that...
Answer: she has an increased likelihood of having a high-status job
, ●● Which of the statements regarding heredity and intelligence is least
accurate?
a. fraternal twins reared together have higher correlations on IQ than do
identical twins reared apart
b. fraternal twins reared together have a higher correlation on IQ than do
non-twin siblings reared together
c. identical twins show higher correlation on IQ than do fraternal twins
d. sibling reared together have higher correlation on IQ than do siblings
reared aparts
Answer: a. fraternal twins reared together have higher correlations on IQ
than do identical twins reared apart
●● What is the Flynn effect?
Answer: Performance on IQ tests seems to be rising steadily and
consistently over time
●● Which form of mental retardation is caused by the presence of an
extra chromosome?
Answer: Down syndrome
●● What is the term used to refer to genetically determined limits of IQ?
Answer: reaction range
QUESTIONS FULL SOLUTION PREMIUM
STUDY MATERIAL
●● Jade is a graduate student who has been studying psychology for the
past six years. When she first started in her psychology classes, she
frequently got key concepts mixed up. Now she can easily apply core
concepts to novel situations. What type of intelligence is associated with
Jade's current ability to apply her knowledge?
a. inductive intelligence
b. experimental intelligence
c. crystallized intelligence
d. fluid intelligence
Answer: c. crystallized intelligence
●● High similarity between which of the following would constitute the
strongest evidence for environmental influence in intelligence?
a. identical twins reared together
b. adopted children and their biological parents
c. adopted children and their adoptive parents
d. parents and their biological children
Answer: c. adopted children and their adoptive parents
,●● At the beginning of the semester, all the students enrolled in a fitness
class are required to take a test designed to assess their current fitness
level. The test assesses each student's fat-to-muscle ratio, asks a number
of questions about lifestyle and personal habits and measures aerobic
function and stress response. Which of the following appears to be true
about the preliminary fitness test?
a. it has been well standardized
b. it is likely to have high reliability
c. it is likely to have high construct validity
d. it is likely to have low criterion-related validity
Answer: c. it is likely to have high construct validity
●● Currently, what is the proportion of the general population classified
as intellectually disabled?
Answer: 2-3%
●● What are the means and standard deviations used for most modern
intelligence quotient tests?
Answer: mean of 100 points and stand deviation of 15 points
●● If you know that Marnie has a high IQ score, you could predict that...
Answer: she has an increased likelihood of having a high-status job
, ●● Which of the statements regarding heredity and intelligence is least
accurate?
a. fraternal twins reared together have higher correlations on IQ than do
identical twins reared apart
b. fraternal twins reared together have a higher correlation on IQ than do
non-twin siblings reared together
c. identical twins show higher correlation on IQ than do fraternal twins
d. sibling reared together have higher correlation on IQ than do siblings
reared aparts
Answer: a. fraternal twins reared together have higher correlations on IQ
than do identical twins reared apart
●● What is the Flynn effect?
Answer: Performance on IQ tests seems to be rising steadily and
consistently over time
●● Which form of mental retardation is caused by the presence of an
extra chromosome?
Answer: Down syndrome
●● What is the term used to refer to genetically determined limits of IQ?
Answer: reaction range
