Unit 10 and 11 Practice Test B for extra credit due with VQ or for practice
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____
1. Personality is best defined as an individual's
a. characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting.
b. most noticeable characteristics.
c. biologically inherited temperament.
d. hidden thoughts and emotions.
e. unconscious thoughts and feelings.
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2. Freud believed that certain troubling symptoms could be traced to painful unconscious memories.
This led him to suspect that these symptoms resulted from
a. genetic defects.
b. an inferiority complex.
c. psychological processes.
d. an internal locus of control.
e. reciprocal determinism.
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3. A psychotherapist instructs Dane to relax, close his eyes, and state aloud whatever thoughts come to
mind no matter how trivial or absurd. The therapist is using a technique known as
a. fixation.
b. free association.
c. factor analysis.
d. hypnosis.
e. projection.
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4. Free association is central to the process of
a. factor analysis.
b. self-serving bias.
c. psychoanalysis.
d. reciprocal determinism.
e. unconditional positive regard.
____
5. Freud believed that censored dream contents were
a. fixations.
b. free associations.
c. repressed.
d. traits.
e. defense mechanisms.
____
6. Katrinka habitually makes nasty, hostile comments about her teachers. Freud would have suggested
that her behavior illustrates the powerful influence of the
a. collective unconscious.
b. superego.
c. ego.
d. id.
e. Oedipus complex.
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7. Barry is a college freshman who seems more interested in partying with friends than studying, even
though he is in danger of failing out of school. Freud would suggest that Barry's focus on present
pleasures rather than on future success reveals
a. the demands of the superego.
b. a focus on the erogenous zones.
c. an id-dominated person.
d. fixation in the oral stage.
e. displacement of aggressive impulses.
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8. Bruce wants to be a loving husband but at the same time wants to express his disgust for some of his
wife's habits. According to Freud, Bruce's ________ might enable him to partially satisfy both
desires.
a. self-transcendence
b. superego
c. Oedipus complex
d. ego
e. id
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9. According to Freud's theory, the ego
a. is the executive part of personality.
b. develops before the id.
c. operates on the pleasure principle.
d. is the major source of guilt feelings.
e. operates only on a conscious level.
____ 10. According to Freud, the most important erogenous zone during earliest infancy consists of the
a. eyes.
b. mouth.
c. bowels.
d. breasts.
e. urethra.
____ 11. Two-year-old Damien frequently refuses to obey his parents because he derives immense pleasure
from demonstrating his independence from their control. Freud would have suggested that Damien is
going through the ________ stage of development.
a. phallic
b. anal
c. latency
d. oral
e. fixation
____ 12. Freud suggested that the superego develops through the process of
a. self-actualization.
b. fixation.
c. free association.
d. reciprocal determinism.
e. identification.
____ 13. Byron is always looking to others for advice, approval, and affection. According to the
psychoanalytic perspective, Byron is most likely fixated at the ________ stage.
a. phallic
b. anal
c. latency
d. genital
e. oral
____ 14. Freud would have suggested that an excessive fixation is most likely to contribute to
a. reaction formation.
b. regression.
c. learned helplessness.
d. an Electra complex.
e. self-serving bias.
____ 15. Parents who disguise hostility toward their children by becoming overly protective of them are very
likely using the defense mechanism of
a. projection.
b. regression.
c. rationalization.
d. reaction formation.
e. displacement.
____ 16. A religious leader who attempts to overcome his hidden doubts with intense expressions of spiritual
certainty illustrates most clearly the defense mechanism of
a. reaction formation.
b. projection.
c. regression.
d. displacement.
e. fixation.
____ 17. Unconsciously motivated by miserliness, Mr. Rioja refused to send his son money to buy the books
he needs for his college courses. In defending his actions, Mr. Rioja explained that “parental
financial aid prevents teenagers from developing into mature, independent adults.” Mr. Rioja's
explanation is an example of
a. fixation.
b. rationalization.
c. projection.
d. displacement.
e. reaction formation.
____ 18. Displacement refers to the process by which people
a. offer self-justifying explanations in place of real, but unacceptable, unconscious
reasons for action.
b. consciously express feelings that are the opposite of unacceptable, unconscious
impulses.
c. disguise threatening impulses by attributing them to others.
d. retreat to behavior patterns characteristic of an earlier stage of development.
e. redirect aggressive or sexual impulses toward less threatening targets.
____ 19. Abdul mistakenly believes that his classmates are unusually hostile. In fact, Abdul is the most
quarrelsome and aggressive child in the school. According to psychoanalytic theory, Abdul's belief
that his classmates are hostile is a
a. regression.
b. projection.
c. denial.
d. reaction formation.
e. repression.
____ 20. After an argument with your little brother, you slam the door to your bedroom instead of hitting him.
Your action best illustrates which defense mechanism?
a. reaction formation.
b. projection.
c. displacement.
d. denial.
e. sublimation.
____ 21. Refusing to believe or even to perceive painful realities constitutes the defense mechanism known as
a. regression.
b. denial.
c. displacement.
d. projection.
e. reaction formation.
____ 22. Bruce has unconscious impulses toward violent aggression, but his ego channels these impulses into
his work as a district attorney, putting violent criminals in jail. Which defense mechanism is Bruce's
ego employing?
a. repression
b. reaction formation
c. rationalization
d. displacement
e. sublimation
____ 23. Celine recently had a vivid dream that was strikingly similar to an ancient but unfamiliar religious
myth. This coincidence would have been of particular interest to
a. Alfred Adler.
b. Carl Rogers.
c. Gordon Allport.
d. Carl Jung.
e. Karen Horney.
____ 24. Projective tests are most closely associated with the ________ perspective.
a. social-cognitive
b. psychoanalytic
c. humanistic
d. trait
e. empirical
____ 25. Which of the following personality assessment tools has been the most harshly criticized for lacking
validity?
a. Eysenck Personality Questionnaire
b. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
c. Rorschach inkblot test
d. MMPI
e. Type A/B personality test
____ 26. Contemporary psychologists are LEAST likely to agree with Freud's belief that
a. conscience and gender identity form during the process of resolving the Oedipus
b.
c.
d.
e.
complex.
conscious awareness of our own mental processes is very limited.
memories are often distorted and incomplete.
defense mechanisms help protect individuals from anxiety.
sexual experiences and thoughts influence development.
____ 27. Which theory proposes that adherence to one's worldview is used to defend against a deeply rooted
fear of death?
a. trait theory
b. object relations theory
c. social-cognitive theory
d. terror-management theory
e. reciprocal determinism
____ 28. Which perspective on personality emphasizes the importance of our capacity for healthy growth and
self-realization?
a. psychoanalytic
b. social-cognitive
c. humanistic
d. trait
e. terror-management
____ 29. Self-actualized people, as described by Maslow, are especially likely to
a. demonstrate the spotlight effect.
b. be open and spontaneous.
c. avoid political disagreements.
d. enjoy many unusually close friendships.
e. be wealthier than average.
____ 30. Self-actualized people, as described by Maslow, are LEAST likely to
a. have a strong ego.
b. have a well-developed superego.
c. experience defensive self-esteem.
d. have a strong sense of gender identity.
e. experience the spotlight effect.
____ 31. Which theorist emphasized that an individual's personal growth is promoted by interactions with
others who are genuine, accepting, and empathic?
a. Gordon Allport
b. Carl Jung
c. Carl Rogers
d. Sigmund Freud
e. Albert Bandura
____ 32. Nadine tells her therapist that she is jealous of her best friend's popularity and wants to tell everyone
about her friend's negative traits. Nadine is afraid her therapist will criticize her for those thoughts,
but instead the therapist expresses empathy for Nadine's feelings. This Rogerian therapist is offering
a. the spotlight effect.
b. unconditional positive regard.
c. self-actualization.
d. free association.
e. self-transcendence.
____ 33. Carl Rogers emphasized that a positive self-concept is promoted by
a. an external locus of control.
b. unconditional positive regard.
c. reciprocal determinism.
d. free association.
e. defense mechanisms.
____ 34. In assessing a client's personal growth, Carl Rogers measured the correspondence between
a. the pleasure principle and the reality principle.
b. ideal self and actual self.
c. the client's values and the therapist's values.
d. internal locus of control and external locus of control.
e. introversion and extraversion.
____ 35. Carl Rogers would have suggested that many of the defense mechanisms described by Freud are
used to minimize the perceived discrepancy between
a. manifest content and latent content.
b. the collective unconscious and the personal unconscious.
c. the actual self and the ideal self.
d. an internal locus of control and an external locus of control.
e. self-actualization and self-transcendence.
____ 36. Which personality theorists have been criticized the most for encouraging individual selfishness and
self-indulgence?
a. trait theorists
b. social-cognitive theorists
c. psychoanalytic theorists
d. humanistic theorists
e. terror-management theorists
____ 37. Trait theorists are more concerned with ________ personality than with ________ it.
a. predicting; assessing
b. describing; explaining
c. changing; analyzing
d. interpreting; observing
e. enhancing; measuring
____ 38. Trait theorists would be most likely to highlight the impact of our biologically inherited ________
on personality.
a. erogenous zones
b. locus of control
c. attributional style
d. temperament
e. self-concept
____ 39. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is considered a(n)
a. projective test.
b. self-report questionnaire.
c. objective test.
d. case study.
e. naturalistic observation.
____ 40. Which of the following statements would most likely appear on a lie scale?
a. “I am usually fairly happy.”
b. “I constantly worry about my health.”
c. “Most people are willing to lie in order to get ahead. ”
d. “I have never disliked anyone. ”
e. “Most people are concerned with romantic relationships.”
____ 41. The tendency to accept favorable descriptions of one's personality that could really be applied to
almost anyone is known as
a. the halo effect.
b. the Barnum effect.
c. projection.
d. the self-reference phenomenon.
e. unconditional positive regard.
____ 42. Emotional instability is most closely related to the Big Five trait dimension of
a. openness.
b. neuroticism.
c. agreeableness.
d. conscientiousness.
e. directness.
____ 43. Sheen is usually animated and talkative when he is with his girlfriend, but he is often quiet and
reserved at home. He actively participates in many class discussions but frequently seems reluctant
to talk with friends at the local soda shop. According to Walter Mischel, Sheen's behavior should
lead us to question the consistency of
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
personality traits.
self-actualization.
reciprocal determinism.
defense mechanisms.
self-efficacy.
____ 44. The stability of personality traits is best illustrated by the consistency of
a. the false consensus effect.
b. reciprocal determinism.
c. expressive styles.
d. unconditional positive regard.
e. self-concepts.
____ 45. Impressions of just a few seconds of a teacher's expressive style are consistent with impressions of
the teacher's expressive style over an entire semester. This best illustrates the importance of
a. self-esteem.
b. traits.
c. projective tests.
d. self-transcendence.
e. locus of control.
____ 46. The humanistic perspective is to Abraham Maslow as the social-cognitive perspective is to
a. Gordon Allport.
b. Carl Rogers.
c. Alfred Adler.
d. Albert Bandura.
e. Carl Jung.
____ 47. An integrated understanding of Tara's consistent cheerfulness in terms of her supportive peer
relationships, her calm temperament, and her perceived internal locus of control best illustrates
a. factor analysis.
b. self-serving bias.
c. a biopsychosocial approach.
d. a humanistic perspective.
e. psychoanalysis.
____ 48. After expending willpower by stifling prejudice during laboratory tasks, research participants were
temporarily less
a. hungry.
b. aggressive.
c. pessimistic.
d. sexually restrained.
e. cognitively skilled.
____ 49. The body's disease-fighting immune system is most likely to be dampened by
a. an internal locus of control.
b. the false consensus effect.
c. self-serving bias.
d. a pessimistic attributional style.
e. an optimistic attributional style.
____ 50. Which new movement has criticized psychology for placing too much emphasis on the negative
aspects of human behavior?
a. humanism
b. neo-Freudian
c. positive psychology
d. the biopsychosocial perspective
e. collectivism
____ 51. Martin Seligman's positive psychology differs from the humanistic perspective in that it
a. denies humankind's capacity for evil.
b. focuses more on a person's defense mechanisms.
c. emphasizes the use of scientific methods.
d. has less application to educational settings.
e. concentrates on research regarding self-transcendence.
____ 52. In assessing candidates for spy missions during World War II, U.S. Army psychologists subjected
them to simulated undercover conditions. This best illustrates the use of an assessment strategy
favored by the ________ perspective.
a. trait
b. psychoanalytic
c. social-cognitive
d. humanistic
e. developmental
____ 53. A criticism of the social-cognitive perspective has been that it
a. overestimates the importance of unconscious factors in personality.
b. is inconsistent with research demonstrating the pervasive nature of self-serving
bias.
c. underestimates the importance of enduring personality traits.
d. is inconsistent with the results of contemporary research on learning processes.
e. overestimates the value of projective personality test scores.
____ 54. Which of the following perspectives builds its personality theory from psychological research on
learning and cognition?
a. psychodynamic
b. humanistic
c. trait
d. social-cognitive
e. neo-Freudian
____ 55. Larry studies diligently because he is haunted by an image of himself being unable to get a job after
graduation. Larry's diligence best illustrates the motivational impact of
a. an internal locus of control.
b. unconditional positive regard.
c. learned helplessness.
d. possible selves.
e. the spotlight effect.
____ 56. Low self-esteem is associated with
a. an internal locus of control.
b. self-serving bias.
c. unhappiness.
d. unconditional positive regard.
e. extraversion.
____ 57. Research on self-perception indicates that most people
a. are more critical of themselves than they are of other people.
b. are unrealistically pessimistic about their personal future.
c. more quickly believe flattering descriptions of themselves than unflattering
feedback.
d. feel more personally responsible for their failures than for their successes.
e. act on constructive criticism more quickly than on compliments.
____ 58. In one survey, Americans were more optimistic that they themselves would go to heaven than would
either Michael Jordan or Bill Clinton. This best illustrates
a. the Barnum effect.
b. the self-reference phenomenon.
c. the spotlight effect.
d. self-serving bias.
e. an internal locus of control.
____ 59. Kelly loves to boast about her accomplishments and becomes very upset when anyone criticizes her.
Kelly most clearly demonstrates
a. the spotlight effect.
b. the false consensus effect.
c. defensive self-esteem.
d. learned helplessness.
e. self-actualization.
____ 60. A willingness to switch jobs and move from one part of the country to another best illustrates one of
the consequences of
a. collectivism.
b. sublimation.
c. individualism.
d. spotlight effect.
e. self-actualization.
____ 61. Individualism is to collectivism as ________ is to ________.
a. responsibility; freedom
b. industrialization; democracy
c. empathy; self-serving bias
d. self-flattery; personal modesty
e. pleasure principle; reality principle
____ 62. Rachel is driven to attain her personal goal of being the top student in her AP psychology class.
Rachel was most likely brought up in a ___________ culture.
a. collectivist
b. empathic
c. individualistic
d. diverse
e. positive
____ 63. Experts would most likely agree that intelligence is
a. an inborn ability to perform well on standard intelligence tests.
b. a mental ability to learn from experience.
c. a general trait that underlies success on nearly any task.
d. a multiple array of completely independent adaptive traits.
e. the unconscious processing that occurs as the first step in problem solving.
____ 64. Spearman referred to the general capacity that may underlie all of a person's specific mental abilities
as
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
IQ.
heritability.
the g factor.
factor analysis.
emotional intelligence.
____ 65. Those who emphasize the importance of the g factor would be most likely to encourage
a. discontinuing special programs for intellectually advantaged children.
b. deriving adult intelligence test scores from the ratio of mental age to chronological
age.
c. using a small standardization sample in the process of intelligence test
construction.
d. quantifying intelligence with a single numerical score.
e. studying autistic savants in order to research alternative forms of intelligence.
____ 66. Howard Gardner is most likely to agree that the concept of intelligence includes
a. minimizing one's negative emotions.
b. spatially analyzing visual input.
c. experiencing positive self-esteem.
d. behaving morally.
e. effectively completing factor analysis.
____ 67. Who is most likely to be criticized for extending the definition of intelligence to an overly broad
range of talents?
a. Howard Gardner
b. Lewis Terman
c. Charles Spearman
d. Alfred Binet
e. B. F. Skinner
____ 68. One component of emotional intelligence involves
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
the ability to completely forget emotionally traumatic experiences.
a lack of concern about receiving social approval.
predicting accurately when feelings are about to change.
selectively focusing attention on positive thoughts and feelings.
repressing unwanted, hostile emotions.
____ 69. In very stressful or embarrassing situations, Sanura is able to maintain her poise and help others to
feel comfortable. Sanura's ability best illustrates the value of
a. extrinsic motivation.
b. heritability.
c. divergent thinking.
d. savant syndrome.
e. emotional intelligence.
____ 70. High intelligence scores have been linked with high concentrations of gray matter in certain regions
of the frontal lobe. The gray matter refers to the ________ of neurons.
a. cell bodies
b. axons
c. dendrites
d. synaptic junctions
e. receptor sites
____ 71. Brain size (adjusted for body size) is ________ correlated with intelligence. The speed of taking in
perceptual information is ________ correlated with intelligence.
a. not; negatively
b. negatively; positively
c. positively; positively
d. negatively; not
e. negatively; negatively
____ 72. Precocious 12- to 14-year-old college students with unusually high levels of verbal intelligence are
most likely to
a. retrieve information from memory at an unusually rapid speed.
b. perform at only an average level on tests of mathematical aptitude.
c. experience less loneliness and achieve happier marriages than the average college
student.
d. demonstrate unusually high levels of the practical managerial intelligence common
to successful business executives.
e. exhibit high levels of both creative and analytical intelligence.
____ 73. Binet and Simon designed a test of intellectual abilities in order to
a. provide a quantitative estimate of inherited intellectual potential.
b. distinguish between academic and practical intelligence.
c. identify children likely to have difficulty learning in regular school classes.
d. assess general capacity for goal-directed adaptive behavior.
e. distinguish between people with high general intelligence factor (g) and savant
syndrome.
____ 74. A 12-year-old who responded to the original Stanford-Binet with the proficiency typical of an
average 9-year-old was said to have an IQ of
a. 75.
b. 85.
c. 100.
d. 115.
e. 133.
____ 75. Twelve-year-old Norman has an IQ of 75 on the original version of the Stanford-Binet. His mental
age is
a. 8.
b. 9.
c. 10.
d. 12.
e. 16.
____ 76. The original IQ formula would be LEAST appropriate for representing the intelligence test
performance of
a. preschool students.
b. kindergarten students.
c. grade school students.
d. middle school students.
e. college students.
____ 77. The final exam in a calculus course would be an example of a(n) ________ test.
a. aptitude
b. achievement
c. standardized
d. general intelligence
e. diagnostic
____ 78. The test that provides separate verbal comprehension, perceptual organization, working memory,
and processing speed scores, as well as an overall intelligence score, is the
a. WAIS.
b. Stanford-Binet.
c. SAT.
d. Emotional Intelligence Test.
e. MMPI.
____ 79. Object assembly, picture arrangement, and block design are three performance subtests of the
a. WAIS.
b. SAT.
c. Stanford-Binet.
d. GRE.
e. TAT.
____ 80. About ________ percent of WAIS scores fall between 85 and 115.
a. 0
b.
c.
d.
e.
30
50
68
100
____ 81. If a test yields consistent results every time it is used, it has a high degree of
a. standardization.
b. predictive validity.
c. reliability.
d. content validity.
e. heritability.
____ 82. Researchers assess the correlation between scores obtained on two halves of a single test in order to
measure the ________ of a test.
a. validity
b. reliability
c. standardization
d. normal distribution
e. factor analysis
____ 83. Dr. Bronfman has administered her new 100-item test of abstract reasoning to a large sample of
students. She is presently comparing their scores on the odd-numbered questions with those on the
even-numbered questions in an effort to
a. determine the test's validity.
b. determine the test's reliability.
c. standardize the test.
d. factor-analyze the test.
e. correlate abstract reasoning abilities.
____ 84. A test has a high degree of validity if it
a. measures or predicts what it is supposed to measure or predict.
b. yields consistent results every time it is used.
c. produces a normal distribution of scores.
d. has been standardized on a representative sample of all those who are likely to take
the test.
e. assesses aptitude and achievement accurately.
____ 85. If a road test for a driver's license adequately samples the tasks a driver routinely faces, the test is
said to
a. be reliable.
b. have a normal distribution.
c. have content validity.
d. be standardized.
e. have predictive validity.
____ 86. Your psychology teacher has announced that the next test will assess your understanding of
sensation and perception. When you receive the test, however, you find that very few questions
actually relate to these topics. In this instance, you would be most concerned about the ________ of
the test.
a. reliability
b. factor analysis
c. standardization
d. validity
e. normal distribution
____ 87. If both depressed and nondepressed individuals receive similar scores on a diagnostic test for
depression, it suggests that the test
a. has not been standardized.
b. is not valid.
c. is not reliable.
d. has not been factor-analyzed.
e. does not produce scores that form a normal distribution.
____ 88. Why does the predictive validity of general aptitude tests decrease as the educational experience of
the students who take them increases?
a. More educated students have taken aptitude tests so frequently that for them such
tests are no longer pure measures of aptitude.
b. Comparisons of mental age with chronological age are inadequate for assessing the
aptitude of older and more educated students.
c. There is a relatively restricted range of aptitude test scores among students at
higher educational levels.
d. Among more educated students, motivation has a much greater effect on academic
success than does aptitude.
e. predictive validity depends on a “non-normal” distribution of scores, and scores of
students with more educational experiences do not fall on the normal curve.
____ 89. Research has indicated that seventh- and eighth-graders who outscored most high school seniors on a
college aptitude test had begun ________ at an unusually early age.
a. crawling
b. walking
c. talking
d. reading
e. speaking
____ 90. Hanan, a 22-year-old, has an intellectual disability. Although not fully self-supporting, she earns
some money by working in a sheltered workshop. She has been able to master basic skills equivalent
to those of a second-grader. Hanan's intelligence test score is most likely between
a. 5 and 19.
b. 20 and 34.
c. 35 and 49.
d. 50 and 69.
e. 70 and 130.
____ 91. The percentage of people diagnosed with an intellectual disability has ________ over the past 80
years because intelligence tests have been ________.
a. increased; factor analyzed
b. remained the same; factor analyzed
c. increased; restandardized
d. decreased; restandardized
e. decreased; factor analyzed
____ 92. The intelligence test scores of adopted children are LEAST likely to be positively correlated with the
scores of their adoptive siblings during
a. early childhood.
b. middle childhood.
c. early adolescence.
d. middle adolescence.
e. early adulthood.
____ 93. J. McVicker Hunt began a program of tutored human enrichment in an Iranian orphanage. This
program trained caregivers to
a. ignore babies' crying.
b. imitate babies' babbling.
c. assess babies' emotional intelligence.
d. calculate babies' intelligence quotients.
e. combat stereotype threat.
____ 94. The “Mozart effect” refers to the now-discounted finding that cognitive ability is boosted by
a. hybrid vigor.
b. nutritional supplements.
c. Head Start programs.
d. listening to classical music.
e. studying a second language.
____ 95. Interventions that promote intelligence teach early teens that the brain is like a muscle that
strengthens with use. This idea is designed to encourage the teens to view intelligence as
a. a reflection of the g factor.
b. a biologically determined capacity.
c. changeable over time.
d. distributed in a bell-shaped pattern.
e. an inborn trait with strengths and weaknesses.
____ 96. Males are most likely to outnumber females in a class designed for high school students highly
gifted in
a. reading.
b. speech.
c. math problem solving.
d. a foreign language.
e. creativity.
____ 97. Which of the following findings about the nature of “race” is evidence that the gap on the IQ test is
caused by differences in environments?
a. IQ is positively correlated with analytical intelligence.
b. Genetic markers define the differences between races.
c. Hereditary predispositions for intelligence tend to influence analytical intelligence.
d. Twin studies show that identical twins are more similar in IQ than fraternal twins.
e. Race is a social category, not a biological one.
____ 98. Jim, age 55, plays basketball with much younger adults and is concerned that his teammates might
consider his age to be a detriment to their game outcome. His concern actually undermines his
athletic performance. This best illustrates the impact of
a. the Flynn effect.
b. predictive validity.
c. the normal curve.
d. stereotype threat.
e. reliability.
____ 99. Experts who defend intelligence tests against accusations of racial bias note that racial differences in
intelligence test scores
a. have increased in the past decade despite the introduction of less culturally biased
test items.
b. occur on nonverbal as well as verbal intelligence test subscales.
c. are a clear indication that the heritability of intelligence approaches 100 percent.
d. are just as significant as intelligence differences among members of a single race.
e. are directly related to chromosomal differences discovered between races.
____ 100. Intelligence tests have effectively reduced discrimination in the sense that they have
a. avoided questions that require familiarity with any specific culture.
b. helped limit reliance on educators' subjectively biased judgments of students'
academic potential.
c. provided an objective measure of teaching effectiveness in different public school
systems.
d. demonstrated that the g factor underlies a variety of intellectual skills.
e. demonstrated little or no difference in the average IQs of different races.
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