PSY 382 Test 2 Questions and Answers
Graded A+
Intelligence - Correct answer--involves learning ability, prior knowledge, & many
mental processes
-adaptive
-culture-specific
general trait - Correct answer-broad mental capacity that influences performance
on cognitive ability measures, people who did well in one area tended also to do
well in other areas
-intelligence can be measured by single number, similar to athleticism
Intelligence Theories - Correct answer--Spearman's "g" or "general intelligence"
-Cattell's two traits of Crystallized & Fluid Intelligence
Cattell - Correct answer-2 types of intelligence- Crystallized fluid intelligence
Crystallized intelligence - Correct answer-Skills that depend on accumulated
knowledge and experience, based upon facts and rooted in experiences
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,-acquired b/c valued by culture, increase w/age
-measured by vocab, general info, and math problems
fluid intelligence - Correct answer-our ability to reason speedily and abstractly;
learn new things, perceive relationships independent of previous specific practice
-less impacted by culture & decreases w/age
-Measured by Raven Progressive matrices, word analogies, other tests of reasoning
Alfred Binet - Correct answer-pioneer in intelligence (IQ) tests, designed a test to
identify slow learners in need of help
-test yielded mental age
William Stern - Correct answer-too much variation between mental age at different
parts of life, so created IQ
intelligence quotient (IQ) - Correct answer-Created by stern to improve Mental
Age, dividing children's mental age by their chronological age (CA)
-Average = 100
-Tests and manner of calculating have changed but basic measure stayed the same
IQ distribution - Correct answer-a symmetrical, bell-shaped curve that represents
average IQ
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, -68% within 1 SD, 95% in 2 SD, 99% in 3 SD
Validity of IQ tests - Correct answer-does test measure what it's supposed to?
-Stipulate some external measure or criterion of what is being assessed & then
determine whether IQ test relates to that criterion
-criterion usually performance in school & IQ tests have excellent validity
IQ Tests predictors - Correct answer-performance in school, general academic,
economic, and occupational success
-more closely related to occupational success than SES of family of origin, family
income, school child attends
IQ tests culturally biased - Correct answer-Derive their validity using criterion
from success at typical industrialized middle class schools
Flynn effect - Correct answer-The rise in average IQ scores that has occurred over
the decades in many nations
IQ tests and Development - Correct answer-not much info,
A) IQ generally constant across age after 2 years of age
B) IQ tests are about individual/group differences
C) Fluid/crystallized has been a focus of aging research
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Graded A+
Intelligence - Correct answer--involves learning ability, prior knowledge, & many
mental processes
-adaptive
-culture-specific
general trait - Correct answer-broad mental capacity that influences performance
on cognitive ability measures, people who did well in one area tended also to do
well in other areas
-intelligence can be measured by single number, similar to athleticism
Intelligence Theories - Correct answer--Spearman's "g" or "general intelligence"
-Cattell's two traits of Crystallized & Fluid Intelligence
Cattell - Correct answer-2 types of intelligence- Crystallized fluid intelligence
Crystallized intelligence - Correct answer-Skills that depend on accumulated
knowledge and experience, based upon facts and rooted in experiences
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,-acquired b/c valued by culture, increase w/age
-measured by vocab, general info, and math problems
fluid intelligence - Correct answer-our ability to reason speedily and abstractly;
learn new things, perceive relationships independent of previous specific practice
-less impacted by culture & decreases w/age
-Measured by Raven Progressive matrices, word analogies, other tests of reasoning
Alfred Binet - Correct answer-pioneer in intelligence (IQ) tests, designed a test to
identify slow learners in need of help
-test yielded mental age
William Stern - Correct answer-too much variation between mental age at different
parts of life, so created IQ
intelligence quotient (IQ) - Correct answer-Created by stern to improve Mental
Age, dividing children's mental age by their chronological age (CA)
-Average = 100
-Tests and manner of calculating have changed but basic measure stayed the same
IQ distribution - Correct answer-a symmetrical, bell-shaped curve that represents
average IQ
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, -68% within 1 SD, 95% in 2 SD, 99% in 3 SD
Validity of IQ tests - Correct answer-does test measure what it's supposed to?
-Stipulate some external measure or criterion of what is being assessed & then
determine whether IQ test relates to that criterion
-criterion usually performance in school & IQ tests have excellent validity
IQ Tests predictors - Correct answer-performance in school, general academic,
economic, and occupational success
-more closely related to occupational success than SES of family of origin, family
income, school child attends
IQ tests culturally biased - Correct answer-Derive their validity using criterion
from success at typical industrialized middle class schools
Flynn effect - Correct answer-The rise in average IQ scores that has occurred over
the decades in many nations
IQ tests and Development - Correct answer-not much info,
A) IQ generally constant across age after 2 years of age
B) IQ tests are about individual/group differences
C) Fluid/crystallized has been a focus of aging research
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