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2. Which of the following is true of Binet's approach?
A. he interpreted scores on his test as a measure of innate
intelligence.
B. he wanted to use test scores to identify children who needed
special help.
C. he tied the development of his test to a fairly complex theory
of intelligence.
D. he chose problems for the test that could only be scored
subjectively.
3. Most experts view intelligence as
a person's
A. general knowledge
B. ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and adapt to
new situations.
C. technical skills
D. ability to perform well on IQ tests
4. Spearman's g factor refers to
A. an IQ test's validity and
reliability
B. a general intelligence that underlies success on a variety of
tasks
C. the environmental contribution to intelligence
D. the standardization process of an IQ test.
5. The first intelligence test was
created for the purpose of
A. measuring academic ability, social cognition, and creativity
B. studying differences in cognitive ability among various human
races
C. identifying children who might have difficulty in school
D. assessing thinking, spatial skills, and insight
6. A child with an IQ of 110 should be
A. grounded and made to study harder
B. placed in a gifted class
C. placed in a class for the mentally retarded
D. placed in a regular class
7. The IQs of adopted children are better predicted from the IQs
of their
A. foster parents
B. natural parents
C. adoptive parents
D. grandparents
8. In considering the nature of
intelligence, experts would be most likely to agree that
intelligence is
A. shaped at birth
B. fixed at birth and cannot change
C. the ability to learn from experience
D. composed of many different traits
9. Studies around the world
consistently yield estimates that
A. heredity is responsible for 90% of the variation in IQ
B. environment is responsible for all of IQ
C. about 50% of the variation in IQ is due to heredity
D. there is very little interaction between heredity and
environment
10. A child is considered gifted if his IQ
is over _______
A. 100
B. 110
C. 120
D. 130
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