PSY 461 EXAM #2 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Individually Administered Tests - Answers - These tests assess general ability, are
orally administered, are time consuming, and often costly
Group administered tests - Answers - These tests predict performance globally, rely on
the person reading test items, and are often inexpensive
Structure of WISC- IV - Answers - This is a full-scale IQ test which consists of 10 core
subjects organized into 4 indexes
Processing Speed - Answers - This determines how quickly we can learn information,
and is an indication of fluid intelligence
fluid intelligence - Answers - our ability to reason speedily and abstractly; tends to
decrease during late adulthood
crystallized intelligence - Answers - the ability to retain and use knowledge that was
acquired through experience
What does IQ measure? - Answers - IQ tests are a snapshot of cognitive abilities and
only those IQ skills that were tested. These also moderately predict school
achievement, although it also does not necessarily relate to success to life.
Psychometric approach to intelligence - Answers - This examines the elemental
structure of a test. Following this, we examine the properties of a test through an
evaluation of its correlates and underlying dimensions. This is also the oldest approach
to intelligence
Information-processing approach to intelligence - Answers - This examines the
processes that underlie how we learn and solve problems
Cognitive approach to intelligence - Answers - This focuses on how humans adapt to
real-world demands
Binet - Answers - This psychologists approach to intelligence focused mostly on the
psychometric tradition
Stamford-Binet Test - Answers - This examines ones ability to define words and identify
numerical sequences
, Socioeconomic background - Answers - There is a correlation between
______________ _________________ and scores on all standardized intelligence
tests
Age differentiation - Answers - This refers to the simple fact that one can differentiate
older children from younger children by the former's greater abilities
Mental age - Answers - This is if a 6-year old had demonstrated that he/she had
capabilities equivalent to those of the average 9-year old. This would be her _______
__________
General mental ability - Answers - This is the total product of the various separate and
distinct elements of intelligence. This freed Binet from the burden of identifying each
element or independent aspect of intelligence, and he was freed from finding the
relation of each element to the whole
Positive manifold - Answers - When a set of diverse ability tests are administered to
large unbiased samples of the population, almost all of the correlations are positive.
This was developed by Spearman
Factor analysis - Answers - This is a method for reducing a set of variables or scores to
a smaller number of hypothetical variables called factors. Through this, one can
determine how much variance a set of tests/scores has in common
G-factor - Answers - This is a common variance in approximately half of the variance in
a set of diverse mental ability tests. This is the most established and ubiquitous
predictor of occupational and educational performance today.
General intelligence - Answers - This concept implies that a person's intelligence can
best be represented by a single score, g, that presumably reflects the shared variance
underlying performance on a diverse set of tests
Gf-GC theory - Answers - This theory says that there are two basic types of intelligence:
fluid and crystalized.
Crystalized abilities - Answers - These reflect learning- the realization of original
potential through experience
Fluid-analytic abilities - Answers - These represent original potential, or the basic
capabilities that a person uses to acquire crystalized abilities
Single Process - Answers - Spearman had the notion that intelligence is a _____
_________.
ANSWERS
Individually Administered Tests - Answers - These tests assess general ability, are
orally administered, are time consuming, and often costly
Group administered tests - Answers - These tests predict performance globally, rely on
the person reading test items, and are often inexpensive
Structure of WISC- IV - Answers - This is a full-scale IQ test which consists of 10 core
subjects organized into 4 indexes
Processing Speed - Answers - This determines how quickly we can learn information,
and is an indication of fluid intelligence
fluid intelligence - Answers - our ability to reason speedily and abstractly; tends to
decrease during late adulthood
crystallized intelligence - Answers - the ability to retain and use knowledge that was
acquired through experience
What does IQ measure? - Answers - IQ tests are a snapshot of cognitive abilities and
only those IQ skills that were tested. These also moderately predict school
achievement, although it also does not necessarily relate to success to life.
Psychometric approach to intelligence - Answers - This examines the elemental
structure of a test. Following this, we examine the properties of a test through an
evaluation of its correlates and underlying dimensions. This is also the oldest approach
to intelligence
Information-processing approach to intelligence - Answers - This examines the
processes that underlie how we learn and solve problems
Cognitive approach to intelligence - Answers - This focuses on how humans adapt to
real-world demands
Binet - Answers - This psychologists approach to intelligence focused mostly on the
psychometric tradition
Stamford-Binet Test - Answers - This examines ones ability to define words and identify
numerical sequences
, Socioeconomic background - Answers - There is a correlation between
______________ _________________ and scores on all standardized intelligence
tests
Age differentiation - Answers - This refers to the simple fact that one can differentiate
older children from younger children by the former's greater abilities
Mental age - Answers - This is if a 6-year old had demonstrated that he/she had
capabilities equivalent to those of the average 9-year old. This would be her _______
__________
General mental ability - Answers - This is the total product of the various separate and
distinct elements of intelligence. This freed Binet from the burden of identifying each
element or independent aspect of intelligence, and he was freed from finding the
relation of each element to the whole
Positive manifold - Answers - When a set of diverse ability tests are administered to
large unbiased samples of the population, almost all of the correlations are positive.
This was developed by Spearman
Factor analysis - Answers - This is a method for reducing a set of variables or scores to
a smaller number of hypothetical variables called factors. Through this, one can
determine how much variance a set of tests/scores has in common
G-factor - Answers - This is a common variance in approximately half of the variance in
a set of diverse mental ability tests. This is the most established and ubiquitous
predictor of occupational and educational performance today.
General intelligence - Answers - This concept implies that a person's intelligence can
best be represented by a single score, g, that presumably reflects the shared variance
underlying performance on a diverse set of tests
Gf-GC theory - Answers - This theory says that there are two basic types of intelligence:
fluid and crystalized.
Crystalized abilities - Answers - These reflect learning- the realization of original
potential through experience
Fluid-analytic abilities - Answers - These represent original potential, or the basic
capabilities that a person uses to acquire crystalized abilities
Single Process - Answers - Spearman had the notion that intelligence is a _____
_________.
