MCQs on Intelligence

1. Cross-cultural studies during the last thirty years show

2. Which of the following is an approach to measuring reliability?

3. When the same procedures are used in giving a test to all people, the test has been

4. Who would be the best norm group for the ACT or SAT college-entrance tests?

5. When a person of limited intelligence shows exceptional abilities in art, music, mental arithmetic, or calendar calculations, it is called

6. Sandra is below normal intelligence but she is able to tell you the exact day of the week of September 13, 1957. She has __________ syndrome

7. The term “g-factor,” written about by Neisser, refers to

8. The fact that fraternal twins are more similar in intelligence than ordinary siblings suggests the importance of

9. Which of the following is one of Gardner’s types of intelligence?

10. Howard Gardner has theorized all of the following types of intelligence EXCEPT

11. Which of the following is a factor that influences success for the gifted?

12. Which is the most closely related to poverty?

13. __________ involve(s) an ability to manage your own thinking and problem solving

14. The average twelve-year-old child has a mental age equal to

15. Standardization includes formalizing testing procedures and establishing

16. The items actually selected for an intelligence test provide a(n) __________ definition of intelligence.

17. Speed of processing has been measured by which of the following techniques?

18. A large number of people were asked to answer only the odd-numbered questions on a test. Later, they are asked to answer only the even-numbered questions. By comparing each person’s two scores, a determination of the test’s __________ reliability could be made.

19. IQ may be defined as

20. A genetically-induced lack of an enzyme that is a cause of a type of mental retardation describes