PSY 101 LAUMAKIS TEST 3 SDSU
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT RATED A+
How Is Intelligence Measured?
✔✔ Intelligence is commonly assessed using standardized IQ (intelligence
quotient) tests.
What Is the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)?
✔✔ A widely used test for individuals aged 16 and up that provides three scores:
verbal IQ, performance IQ, and an overall IQ, all interpreted using a bell curve.
What Is Binet’s Concept of Mental Age?
✔✔ Binet introduced the idea of mental age (MA), and IQ was calculated using the
formula:
IQ = (Mental Age / Chronological Age) × 100
What Does Reliability Mean in Testing?
✔✔ It refers to the consistency and stability of a test’s results over time or across
different occasions.
What Is Validity in a Psychological Test?
✔✔ Validity indicates whether a test actually measures what it is designed to
assess.
What Is Standardization?
✔✔ Standardization involves using the same testing procedures and comparing
results to a pretested group, typically of the same age, to give scores meaning.
, Genotype - ANSWERS✔✔Genetic makeup
Phenotype - ANSWERS✔✔observable characteristics
Sensorimotor stage - ANSWERS✔✔0-2 years: experience works through senses
and actions, object permanence
object permanence - ANSWERS✔✔9 months: an object continues to exist even
when hidden from view
preoperational stage - ANSWERS✔✔2-7 years: represent things with words and
images but lack logical thinking (egocentric)
concrete operational stage - ANSWERS✔✔7-11 years: think logically, arithmetic
operations, understand concrete analogies, conservation
conservation - ANSWERS✔✔Reflects understanding that an action may be
reversible (liquids in glasses)
formal operational stage - ANSWERS✔✔Use abstract reasoning and abstract
logic, moral development
phoneme - ANSWERS✔✔Most basic perceptual unit of speech (sound)
Morpheme - ANSWERS✔✔smallest unit that carries meaning
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT RATED A+
How Is Intelligence Measured?
✔✔ Intelligence is commonly assessed using standardized IQ (intelligence
quotient) tests.
What Is the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)?
✔✔ A widely used test for individuals aged 16 and up that provides three scores:
verbal IQ, performance IQ, and an overall IQ, all interpreted using a bell curve.
What Is Binet’s Concept of Mental Age?
✔✔ Binet introduced the idea of mental age (MA), and IQ was calculated using the
formula:
IQ = (Mental Age / Chronological Age) × 100
What Does Reliability Mean in Testing?
✔✔ It refers to the consistency and stability of a test’s results over time or across
different occasions.
What Is Validity in a Psychological Test?
✔✔ Validity indicates whether a test actually measures what it is designed to
assess.
What Is Standardization?
✔✔ Standardization involves using the same testing procedures and comparing
results to a pretested group, typically of the same age, to give scores meaning.
, Genotype - ANSWERS✔✔Genetic makeup
Phenotype - ANSWERS✔✔observable characteristics
Sensorimotor stage - ANSWERS✔✔0-2 years: experience works through senses
and actions, object permanence
object permanence - ANSWERS✔✔9 months: an object continues to exist even
when hidden from view
preoperational stage - ANSWERS✔✔2-7 years: represent things with words and
images but lack logical thinking (egocentric)
concrete operational stage - ANSWERS✔✔7-11 years: think logically, arithmetic
operations, understand concrete analogies, conservation
conservation - ANSWERS✔✔Reflects understanding that an action may be
reversible (liquids in glasses)
formal operational stage - ANSWERS✔✔Use abstract reasoning and abstract
logic, moral development
phoneme - ANSWERS✔✔Most basic perceptual unit of speech (sound)
Morpheme - ANSWERS✔✔smallest unit that carries meaning
