Question 1

Theorists use the term ____________________ to refer to the genetically determined limits of intelligence and other traits.

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Question 2

____________________ occurs when a hypothetical, abstract concept is given a name and then treated as though it were a concrete, tangible object.

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Question 3

____________________ is the term that refers to the ability of a test to measure what it was designed to measure and is also used to refer to the accuracy or usefulness of the inferences or decisions based on a test.

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Question 4

____________________ is a metabolic disorder (due to an inherited enzyme deficiency) that can lead to retardation if it is not caught and treated in infancy.

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Question 5

Research on the biological correlates of intelligence seemed to correlate with ____________________; suggesting that smarter people ____________________longer.

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Question 6

The measurement consistency of a test is known as ____________________ and is measured using a correlation coefficient.

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Question 7

Most school districts consider children who fall in the upper ____________________ of the IQ distribution to be gifted.

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Question 8

Modern IQ scoring uses ____________________ IQ scores that indicate where people fall in the normal distribution of intelligence for their age group.

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Question 9

Intelligence testing is largely a(n) ____________________ enterprise and does not generally translate into the language and cognitive framework of other cultures except for the Japanese.

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Question 10

According to Gardner's theory of seven types of intelligence, one would expect a navigator on a ship to possess a high level of ____________________ intelligence.

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Question 11

Psychological tests can be categorized into two general categories, tests of ____________________, which include intelligence, aptitude and achievement tests; and ____________________ tests which measure various aspects of individuals like motives, interests, values, and attitudes.

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Question 12

Information about where an individual score on a psychological test ranks, in relation to other scores on that test, is provided by ____________________ that are developed through test standardization.

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Question 13

Creativity tests are ____________________ predictors of creative productivity in the real world.

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Question 14

Subject's scores on typical creativity tests depend on the number of alternatives they generate in response to a test item, as well as the originality and ____________________ of the alternatives.

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Question 15

With ____________________ thinking, one tries to expand the range of alternatives by generating many possible solutions.

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Question 16

Studies of ____________________ gifted children suggest that they tend to be either average or above average in social and emotional development while ____________________ gifted children are often introverted and socially isolated.

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Question 17

When he introduced his adult intelligence scale, ____________________ did not use the intelligence quotient scoring scheme that had been part of the Stanford-Binet intelligence test, but instead used a new scoring scheme based on the normal distribution.

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Question 18

According to Sternberg, a person who has the ability to see all aspects of a problem and make good decisions is demonstrating the ____________________ type of intelligence.

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Question 19

____________________ refers to subaverage general mental ability accompanied by deficiencies in adaptive skills, originating before age 18.

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Question 20

IQ tests are correlated with occupational ____________________, but there is debate as to whether they predict ____________________well.

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Quiz 18: Intelligence and Psychological Testing Part 2