Chapter 9

A  Drawing a picture

B  Walking in the store

C  Brushing her teeth

D  Crying when she feels sad

A  standardized

B  reliable

C  culturally unfair

D  commonly biased

A  The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, Fifth Edition, is less reliable than the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scales, Fourth Edition.

B  The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, Fifth Edition, is not a valid measure of general intelligence.

C  The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, Fifth Edition, is appropriate for testing fluid reasoning only.

D  The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, Fifth Edition, is not suitable for children younger than age two.

A  He colors with blue markers only.

B  He reads chapter books.

C  He enjoys spending time outdoors.

D  He plays with other children during snack time.

A  How many cents are in the U.S. dollar?

B  Which answer choice completes the pattern?

C  Which region of the brain is responsible for language?

D  What year did World War II begin?

A  She is able to read emotions.

B  She is thinking irrationally.

C  She has fragile X syndrome.

D  She is highly intelligent.

A  General intelligence is the capacity to improve over time.

B  Intelligence is a combination of various mental functions.

C  Intelligence is the ability to lead a successful life.

D  General intelligence is fluid intelligence and crystallized intelligence.

A  They are visual thinkers

B  They have high naturalist abilities.

C  They are tuned in to their own feelings.

D  They prefer to spend time alone.

A  Religious leader

B  Minister

C  Politician

D  Medicine man

A  Deep Blue

B  Bayesian network

C  Machine learning

D  AlphaGo

A  Parietal lobes

B  Temporal lobes

C  Frontal lobes

D  Occipital lobes

A  They attempt to measure intelligence without being influenced by a person’s verbal skills, cultural background, and educational level, to the greatest extent possible.

B  They are designed to maximize the importance of skills and knowledge that may be more common in some cultures than in others.

C  They are entirely free of cultural influences.

D  They are unhelpful for testing children in the United States who come from poor communities, rural areas, or ethnic minority families.

A  Identical twins who grow up in the same family have highly correlated IQs.

B  Children who are reared by the same mother resemble her in IQ, only if they share her genes.

C  The IQs of high socioeconomic status children may be more dramatically influenced by environmental factors than the IQs of low socioeconomic status children.

D  The IQs of low socioeconomic status children may be more dramatically influenced by environmental factors than the IQs of high socioeconomic status children.

A  Cretinism

B  Microcephaly

C  Hydrocephaly

D  Phenylketonuria

A  Most individuals with intellectual disabilities live in institutional settings.

B  Most individuals with borderline intellectual disabilities display exceptional skills in one or more mental ability.

C  Most individuals with mild intellectual disabilities can benefit from carefully structured education.

D  Most individuals with intellectual disabilities require assistance with basic language and communication skills.

A  A child’s talents are most likely to blossom when he or she is nurtured with education and encouragement.

B  All the gifted children followed by Terman as part of the study became financially successful adults.

C  Adult success is unrelated to personality characteristics in childhood, such as optimism.

D  A high IQ guarantees success, and a lower IQ guarantees failure.

A  emotional quotient

B  social age

C  intelligence quotient

D  biological age

A  Fluid reasoning

B  Knowledge

C  Visual-spatial processing

D  Working memory

A  Psychometric tests

B  Special aptitude tests

C  Multiple aptitude tests

D  General intelligence tests

A  validity

B  intelligence

C  reliability

D  aptitude