Psych 2450 - Chapter 10 Questions And
Answers
How did Binet and Simon define mental age?
a. the child's current age in years and months
b. the age that best fits the child's current level of intellectual performance
c. the child's ultimate intellectual potential
d. the ratio of a child's current abilities to his or her chronological age - ANS b. the age that
best fits the child's current level of intellectual performance
When Ophelia was 10 years old she completed the original Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale.
She answered all the questions that a typical 5- or 6-year-old would answer, but none of the
questions a typical 7 or 8-year-old would answer. Based on this information, what is Ophelia's
mental age?
a. 5
b. 6
c. 8
d. 10 - ANS b. 6
According to Binet's original intelligence test, what was meant by the expression "mental age of
7"?
a. The child had an exceptionally long fetal stage of prenatal development.
b. The child's seven multiple intelligences were within the normal range.
c. The child correctly answered the test items that most 7-year-olds did.
d. The child correctly answered 7 out of 10 of the items on the test. - ANS c. The child
correctly answered the test items that most 7-year-olds did.
Which statistical procedure is used to identify the separate abilities assessed by a test?
a. trend analysis
b. linear regression
c. partial correlation
d. factor analysis - ANS d. factor analysis
When a test reports a child's intelligence as a single score, what does this imply that the test
designer believes?
,a. The child's pattern of errors reveals her intelligence.
b. Intelligence is mainly or entirely a general factor.
c. Creativity is the same as intelligence.
d. Intelligence is a group of distinctly separate abilities. - ANS b. Intelligence is mainly or
entirely a general factor.
What have factor-analytic studies demonstrated about intelligence?
a. It is a single attribute.
b. It is made up of three components.
c. It consists of several attributes.
d. It is made up of two distinct components. - ANS c. It consists of several attributes.
According to Charles Spearman, which two factors should be used to conceptualize
intelligence?
a. verbal skills and mathematical skills
b. fluid intelligence and crystallized intelligence
c. analytic intelligence and creative intelligence
d. general and specific factors - ANS d. general and specific factors
In terms of intelligence, what does the g factor refer to?
a. an individual factor that is unique to a particular type of test
b. acquired knowledge and abilities
c. an underlying intelligence factor that applies to all types of test performance
d. the ability to understand spatial relationships and think in three dimensions - ANS c. an
underlying intelligence factor that applies to all types of test performance
In terms of intelligence, what does the s factor refer to?
a. an underlying intelligence factor that applies to all types of test performance
b. an individual's ability to solve problems, reason, and remember
c. an individual factor that is unique to a particular type of test
d. the ability to understand spatial relationships and think in three dimensions - ANS c. an
individual factor that is unique to a particular type of test
Based on Charles Spearman's view of intelligence, what can be predicted about an individual's
intellectual abilities?
a. If he or she excels in one academic area, he or she is likely to show deficiencies in other
academic areas.
, b. If he or she excels in academics early, he or she is likely to "burn out" when reaching
adolescence.
c. If he or she excels in one academic area, he or she is likely to excel in most academic areas.
d. If he or she excels in academics, he or she is likely to be both a gifted athlete and musician. -
ANS c. If he or she excels in one academic area, he or she is likely to excel in most
academic areas.
Christina is extremely talented in math and chemistry, and she has received a number of
scholarships based on her abilities in these areas. On the other hand, she just can't seem to
catch on in her English classes, no matter how many she takes. Which theorist would have the
most difficulty explaining Christina's different levels of performance?
a. Thurstone
b. Gardner
c. Sternberg
d. Spearman - ANS d. Spearman
According to Thurstone, how should intelligence be conceptualized?
a. as seven primary mental abilities that arise from a single general intelligence factor
b. as two main factors and five subfactors
c. as seven primary mental abilities that are independent of one another
d. as two abilities that are largely unaffected by experience - ANS c. as seven primary
mental abilities that are independent of one another
Tyrone has just attained a fairly low score in a test designed to measure his verbal ability. Based
on Thurstone's theory, how will Tyrone perform on a test designed to measure his perceptual
speed?
a. He will attain a low score on that test as well.
b. He will attain a much higher score on that test.
c. He will attain an even lower score on the second test.
d. His score on that test will have no predictable relationship to his verbal fluency test score. -
ANS d. His score on that test will have no predictable relationship to his verbal fluency test
score.
In contrast to Spearman and Thurstone's theories, how did Guilford depict intelligence in his
"structure of intellect" model?
a. as consisting of a small number of basic abilities
b. as a single ability rather than two or more types of abilities
c. as a set of information-processing skills
d. as consisting of more than 100 primary mental abilities - ANS d. as consisting of more
than 100 primary mental abilities
Answers
How did Binet and Simon define mental age?
a. the child's current age in years and months
b. the age that best fits the child's current level of intellectual performance
c. the child's ultimate intellectual potential
d. the ratio of a child's current abilities to his or her chronological age - ANS b. the age that
best fits the child's current level of intellectual performance
When Ophelia was 10 years old she completed the original Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale.
She answered all the questions that a typical 5- or 6-year-old would answer, but none of the
questions a typical 7 or 8-year-old would answer. Based on this information, what is Ophelia's
mental age?
a. 5
b. 6
c. 8
d. 10 - ANS b. 6
According to Binet's original intelligence test, what was meant by the expression "mental age of
7"?
a. The child had an exceptionally long fetal stage of prenatal development.
b. The child's seven multiple intelligences were within the normal range.
c. The child correctly answered the test items that most 7-year-olds did.
d. The child correctly answered 7 out of 10 of the items on the test. - ANS c. The child
correctly answered the test items that most 7-year-olds did.
Which statistical procedure is used to identify the separate abilities assessed by a test?
a. trend analysis
b. linear regression
c. partial correlation
d. factor analysis - ANS d. factor analysis
When a test reports a child's intelligence as a single score, what does this imply that the test
designer believes?
,a. The child's pattern of errors reveals her intelligence.
b. Intelligence is mainly or entirely a general factor.
c. Creativity is the same as intelligence.
d. Intelligence is a group of distinctly separate abilities. - ANS b. Intelligence is mainly or
entirely a general factor.
What have factor-analytic studies demonstrated about intelligence?
a. It is a single attribute.
b. It is made up of three components.
c. It consists of several attributes.
d. It is made up of two distinct components. - ANS c. It consists of several attributes.
According to Charles Spearman, which two factors should be used to conceptualize
intelligence?
a. verbal skills and mathematical skills
b. fluid intelligence and crystallized intelligence
c. analytic intelligence and creative intelligence
d. general and specific factors - ANS d. general and specific factors
In terms of intelligence, what does the g factor refer to?
a. an individual factor that is unique to a particular type of test
b. acquired knowledge and abilities
c. an underlying intelligence factor that applies to all types of test performance
d. the ability to understand spatial relationships and think in three dimensions - ANS c. an
underlying intelligence factor that applies to all types of test performance
In terms of intelligence, what does the s factor refer to?
a. an underlying intelligence factor that applies to all types of test performance
b. an individual's ability to solve problems, reason, and remember
c. an individual factor that is unique to a particular type of test
d. the ability to understand spatial relationships and think in three dimensions - ANS c. an
individual factor that is unique to a particular type of test
Based on Charles Spearman's view of intelligence, what can be predicted about an individual's
intellectual abilities?
a. If he or she excels in one academic area, he or she is likely to show deficiencies in other
academic areas.
, b. If he or she excels in academics early, he or she is likely to "burn out" when reaching
adolescence.
c. If he or she excels in one academic area, he or she is likely to excel in most academic areas.
d. If he or she excels in academics, he or she is likely to be both a gifted athlete and musician. -
ANS c. If he or she excels in one academic area, he or she is likely to excel in most
academic areas.
Christina is extremely talented in math and chemistry, and she has received a number of
scholarships based on her abilities in these areas. On the other hand, she just can't seem to
catch on in her English classes, no matter how many she takes. Which theorist would have the
most difficulty explaining Christina's different levels of performance?
a. Thurstone
b. Gardner
c. Sternberg
d. Spearman - ANS d. Spearman
According to Thurstone, how should intelligence be conceptualized?
a. as seven primary mental abilities that arise from a single general intelligence factor
b. as two main factors and five subfactors
c. as seven primary mental abilities that are independent of one another
d. as two abilities that are largely unaffected by experience - ANS c. as seven primary
mental abilities that are independent of one another
Tyrone has just attained a fairly low score in a test designed to measure his verbal ability. Based
on Thurstone's theory, how will Tyrone perform on a test designed to measure his perceptual
speed?
a. He will attain a low score on that test as well.
b. He will attain a much higher score on that test.
c. He will attain an even lower score on the second test.
d. His score on that test will have no predictable relationship to his verbal fluency test score. -
ANS d. His score on that test will have no predictable relationship to his verbal fluency test
score.
In contrast to Spearman and Thurstone's theories, how did Guilford depict intelligence in his
"structure of intellect" model?
a. as consisting of a small number of basic abilities
b. as a single ability rather than two or more types of abilities
c. as a set of information-processing skills
d. as consisting of more than 100 primary mental abilities - ANS d. as consisting of more
than 100 primary mental abilities
