1. What determines intelligence?

genetics/heredity only
environment only
both genetics and environment (A and B)
social variables only

2. Which of the following is needed in order to perform a psychological test that will show how you score relative to other people?

test levels
standardization
test norms
content validity

3. If you perform a test at two different times and you obtain similar scores, you might say you had good _________.

reliability
results
test-retest reliability
empirical results

4. "IQ" stands for:

intellectual quota
intelligence quota
intelligence quotient
none of the above

5. Which of the following tests are administered individually?

Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
all of the above

6. The mean of an intelligence test is _______ and the standard deviation is _______.

100; 15
115; 25
100; 5
125; 15

7. Heather is taking her psychology 101 (introductory psychology) exam tomorrow. This exam is an example of which type of test:
projective
aptitude
intelligence
achievement

8. Asian Americans tend to do _________ than average on American IQ tests.

worse
the same
better
none of the above

9. Sternberg developed _____________.

convergent thinking
triarchic theory of human intelligence
componentail subtheory

10. The AlleyDog.com team brainstormed for hours on ways to make learning psychology more fun. This type of exercise uses:

componential thinking
divergent thinking
insight
creativity

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