Deck 18: Using Measures of Intelligence

Question 1

Figural, symbolic, and semantic are most commonly thought of as types of __________ that may be assessed.

A) discrimination
B) detail recognition
C) motor behavior
D) vocabulary

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Intelligence-test items that are most similar to those on achievement tests are items that assess

A) generalization.
B) discrimination
C) general knowledge.
D) sequencing.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

When the person being tested is asked to identify the response that supplies the missing part of a matrix, that person probably is being assessed on

A) comprehension
B) pattern completion
C) generalization.
D) general information.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The Woodcock-Johnson IV: Test of Cognitive Abilities is based on which of the following intelligence theories?

A) Spearman's "g" theory
B) Thurstone's primary abilities theory
C) Cattell's fluid and crystallized intelligence theory
D) CHC theory

Question 5

It is said that knowing the kind of behavior sampled by a test is not enough. In addition, it is necessary to know the child's level of acculturation because the same test item may

A) create different psychological demands for different children
B) cause some children, but not others, to fear the examiner.
C) be too easy for some and too hard for others
D) be dropped from the assessment for some children

Question 6

Which of the following types of items are not asked on tests of intelligence?

A) Motor behavior
B) Induction
C) Sociometric
D) Generalization

Question 7

An intelligence test is used to assess

A) a person's inborn capabilities
B) a construct.
C) a criterion.
D) characteristics needed on school records

Question 8

When a child is asked to build a tower of blocks or to trace a path through a maze, the behavior being sampled is

A) sociometric
B) motor
C) sequencing.
D) detail recognition

Question 9

Picture-vocabulary tests should not be used to make placement decisions because

A) they measure only general intelligence
B) they assess only one component of intelligence
C) the age range for most picture vocabulary tests is restricted.
D) they are culturally biased.

Question 10

Repeating a series of digits and reproducing a geometric design with blocks are both most commonly thought of as examples of tasks that assess

A) sequencing.
B) general information
C) detail recognition
D) memory.

Question 11

When the examiner reads a paragraph to a child, then asks the child about the content of the paragraph, the examiner is probably assessing

A) generalization.
B) factual knowledge
C) abstract reasoning.
D) comprehension.

Question 12

Induction is generally assessed by items that require the student to

A) show ability to follow directions
B) identify a governing principle from a series of examples
C) determine a definition given samples of how a word is used in sentences
D) follow a pathway on a piece of paper when looking in a mirror.

Question 13

Which of the following statements illustrates the difference between Cattell's concept of fluid intelligence and crystallized intelligence?

A) Fluid intelligence continues to increase over time
B) Completion of task speed versus recall of words in a particular sequence
C) Cognitive fluidity with numbers versus memorization and later recall of names of symbols
D) Learning efficiency versus accumulation of knowledge

Question 14

The individual intelligence test that has five indexes including Verbal Comprehension, Visual Spatial, Fluid Reasoning, Working Memory and Processing Speed indexes is the

A) Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Cognitive Abilities.
B) Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-V.
C) Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-4
D) Stanford Binet 5

Question 15

The most important characteristic affecting a child's performance on an intelligence test is the ​

A) examiner's clinical judgment
B) degree of bias introduced by the examiner
C) child's level of acculturation
D) degree of frustration experienced by the child

Question 16

Individually-administered intelligence tests are used most often to make __________ decisions ​

A) screening
B) educational placement
C) lifelong
D) instructional

Question 17

A test item that requires the child to name a picture is probably assessing

A) motor behavior
B) generalization
C) abstract reasoning
D) vocabulary.

Question 18

When a test item requires the person being tested to identify something that goes with something else, it probably is assessing

A) memory.
B) ​ discrimination ​.
C) generalization ​.
D) abstract reasoning ​ ​.

Question 19

It has been suggested that much of the current controversy surrounding intelligence tests could be set aside if they were viewed more appropriately as

A) one part of a much larger picture
B) samples of behavior.
C) an indication of only the upper limits of a person's ability
D) a score that has to be compared to an achievement score

Question 20

When a student is asked to state the next number when shown numbers 1, 3, 5, 7, __________, the student is being assessed on

A) sequencing
B) generalization
C) pattern completion
D) abstract reasoning

Question 21

It is imperative that test administrators are aware of the relationship between a person's acculturation and the acculturation of the _____.

Question 22

___________ items assess primarily what has been learned.

Question 23

Arithmetic-reasoning problems often are thought to assess __________.

Question 24

For teachers, a limitation of group intelligence tests is that they

A) provide limited ability data.
B) provide little information for instructional planning
C) are not useful for setting expectations.
D) change so often

Question 25

__________ tests are simply samples of behavior.

Question 26

Test items that require the student to choose the word that matches a presented definition are probably assessing __________.

Question 27

The item "Cold is to hot as soft is to" is an example of a(n) __________ item.

Question 28

The most important characteristic in evaluating a child's performance on an intelligence test is __________.

Question 29

Fluid intelligence refers to the __________ with which an individual learns and completes various tasks.

Question 30

Factor scores tend to be less __________ than total scores because they have fewer items.

Question 31

An important advantage of group tests of intelligence is that they

A) are standardized on large samples of the population.
B) are standardized mainly in public schools, thus providing a representative sample.
C) can be administered quickly by teachers to large numbers of students.
D) provide detailed qualitative information.

Question 32

Group intelligence tests are on the decline due to

A) efficiency issues
B) the low costs associated with a screening testing program
C) the limited relevance in knowing a student's capability
D) the expense in time taken away from instructional activities.

Question 33

Group intelligence tests are most often used to make __________ decisions.

A) screening
B) educational placement
C) lifelong
D) instructional

Question 34

Most motor items at higher age levels are actually __________ items

Question 35

A test item that requires a student to identify an item that is different from others is assessing __________.

Question 36

Test items that require the student to identify a response that continues a given relationship are considered to be __________ items.

Question 37

Acculturation interacts with the type of _________ to determine a child's performance on a test.

Question 38

One should never speak of a(n) _____, but of an IQ of a(n) ______.

Question 39

Intelligence tests are used for each of the following uses except

A) exceptionality decisions.
B) state specific eligibility for special education services
C) social-emotional functioning.
D) educational placement decisions

Question 40

Intelligence is a(n) __________ used to infer an entity that is used to explain differences in present behavior and to predict differences in future behavior.

Question 41

Individual administered intelligence tests are most frequently used for making __________, __________, and __________ _________decisions. ​

Question 42

One of the prohibitive factors to using group administered intelligence tests is the _____ of a school-wide screening program.

Question 43

In the Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test, the child is asked to copy each of nine geometric designs, one at a time, on a plain sheet of paper. What behavior(s) is (are) being sampled by this task?

Question 44

Test users should go beyond global intelligence scores and consider the actual __________ sampled by tests.

Question 45

In the Object Assembly subtest of the WPPSI-IV, the child is required to place disjointed puzzle pieces together to form complete objects. What behavior(s) is (are) being sampled by this task?

Question 46

It is increasingly common for school districts to __________ the practice of group intelligence testing.

Question 47

The WISC-V is designed to assess the cognitive ability of individuals ranging in age from 6 years 0 months to _____ years 11 months.

Question 48

Most often, group intelligence tests are administered as __________ devices to identify those who are different enough from average to warrant further assessment. ​

Question 49

What is the problem with using an IQ from a picture vocabulary test for classification or placement decisions?

Question 50

__________ tests should be used only by licensed or certified psychologists who have specific training in their use.

Question 51

The psychological demand of a memory task changes in relation to both the __________ of assessment and the meaningfulness of the material to be recalled.

Question 52

In the Object Assembly subtest of the WPPSI-IV, the child is required to place disjointed puzzle pieces together to form complete objects. What behavior(s) is (are) being sampled by this task?

Question 53

In the Visual Reception subtest of the ITPA, the child is shown a stimulus picture. After this picture is removed, the child is shown a card with four pictures and is instructed to point to one that is similar to the original picture. What behavior(s) is (are) being sampled by this task? ​

Question 54

One merit of using group intelligence tests for screening is that they can be administered _________ to large numbers of students.

Question 55

It has been noted that many school districts no longer use group intelligence tests. Discuss three reasons why this might be the case. ​

Question 56

The major drawbacks of group intelligence tests are that they require students to sit still for about 20 minutes, to mark with a pencil, and often to read, and also that they yield qualitative information only with difficulty. What are the major merits of group intelligence tests?

Question 57

The following statement appeared in the text: "…the same test item may create different psychological demands for different people." What does this mean in general, and what does it mean for the assessment of intelligence?

Question 58

In the __________, James Horn and John Carroll expanded on Cattell's theory of fluid and crystallized intelligence by adding six additional intelligence factors.

Question 59

The PPVT-4 is an example of a(n) _______ test.

Question 60

Because picture vocabulary tests measure only __________, they should not be used to make placement decisions. ​