Intelligence Psychology MCQs

It is generally accepted that there is such a thing as general intelligence. So which of the following statements is true?

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A. Some people have general intelligence, other have multiple intelligences.

B. The only people who do not have general intelligence are those that have IQs less than 100.

C. General intelligence develops by adulthoo

d. D. General intelligence can be thought of a “mental…

All of the following represents intelligence from Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences except for________.

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A. Bodily-Kinesthetic

B. Cultural

C. Musical

D. Naturalist

Flynn has shown that there has been a standard deviation increase, per generation, in the mean level of intelligence test performance for most of this country in Western society, which equates to about three IQ points per decade. He believes that such a difference has to be result of which one of the following?

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A. An environmental change, because gene frequencies in populations couldn’t change so quickly.

B. Improvements in the gene pool as we evolve.

C. A statistical artefact.

D. None of the above.

Which of the following does not belong with the others?

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A. aptitude tests

B. personality tests

C. intelligence tests

D. achievement tests

If a test has good test-retest reliability:

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A. there is a strong correlation between items on the test.

B. it accurately measures what it says it measures.

C. it can be used to predict future performance.

D. they test yields similar scores if taken at two…

In which of the following countries are IQ tests LEAST likely to be used?

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A. France

B. Britain

C. Australia

D. China

With increasing age, adopted children’s intelligence test scores become__like their adoptive parents’scores and_similar to their biological parent’s scores.

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A. more; less

B. less; more

C. less; less

D. more; more

What do intelligence tests actually measure?

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A. only knowledge

B. a person’s creativity

C. only potential

D. a blend of knowledge and potential

IQ tests have proven to be good predictors of:

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A. Social intelligence

B. Practical problem-solving intelligence

C. school performance

D. all of the above

In solving math comutation problems, women perform_than men. In solving math reasoning problems, women performthan men.

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A. better; worse

B. better; better

C. worse; better

D. Just as good; better