Testing and Individual Differences

Question 1

What does a standardized test mean

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When the test items have been piloted on a similar population of people as those who are meant to take the test and achievement norms have been established

Question 2

When the test items have been piloted on a similar population of people as those who are meant to take the test and achievement norms have been established it is called a…

Answer 2

Standardized test

Question 3

What is split-half reliability

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Randomly dividing a test in two and correlating people’s performances on both sections

Question 4

Randomly dividing a test in two and correlating people’s performances on both sections is known as…

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Split-half reliability

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What kind of questions are discarded in standardized tests

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Questions that almost everyone answers correctly or almost no one answers correctly

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What is test-retest reliability

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The correlation between a person’s score on one administration of the test with the same person’s score on a subsequent one

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The correlation between a person’s score on one administration of the test with the same person’s score on a subsequent one is known as…

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Test-retest reliability

Question 8

Can a test be valid but not reliable

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No

Question 9

Can a test be reliable but not valid

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Yes

Question 10

What is face validity

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Covering the concept the test aims to measure

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Covering the concept the test aims to measure is called…

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Face validity

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What is content validity

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Representing all facets of a given construct

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What is concurrent validity

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Measuring how much of a characteristic a person has now

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Measuring how much of a characteristic a person has now is called…

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Concurrent validity

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Representing all facets of a given construct is called…

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Content validity

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What is predictive validity

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Measuring future performance

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Measuring future performance is called…

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Predictive validity

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What do aptitude tests measure

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Ability or potential

Question 18

What kind of test measures ability or potential

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Aptitude tests

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What do achievement tests measure

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What one has learned or accomplished

Question 20

What kind of test measures what one has learned or accomplished

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Achievement tests

Question 21

Is it possible to create a pure aptitude/achievement test

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No

Question 22

What do speed tests consist of

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Large numbers of questions in a short amount of time

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Large numbers of questions in a short amount of time is a characteristic of…

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Speed tests

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What do power tests consist of

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Items of increasing difficulty levels

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Items of increasing difficulty levels is a characteristic of…

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Power tests

Question 26

What is intelligence

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The ability to gather and use information in productive ways

Question 27

The ability to gather and use information in productive ways is called…

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Intelligence

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What is fluid intelligence

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Our ability to solve abstract problems and pick up new information and skills

Question 29

Our ability to solve abstract problems and pick up new information and skills is called…

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Fluid intelligence

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What is crystallized intelligence

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Knowledge accumulated over time

Question 31

Knowledge accumulated over time is called…

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Crystallized intelligence

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What kind of intelligence decreases as we age

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Fluid intelligence

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What was Charles Spearman’s theory of intelligence

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Intelligence can be measured by a single general ability (g)

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“Intelligence can be measured by a single general ability (g)”
This is known as…

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Charles Spearman’s theory of intelligence

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What was Howard Gardener’s theory of multiple intelligences

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The idea of a wide variety of multiple intelligences, including kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalistic, verbal, spatial, and mathematical

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“The idea of a wide variety of multiple intelligences, including kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalistic, verbal, spatial, and mathematical”
This is known as…

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Howard Gardener’s theory of multiple intelligences

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What was Robert Sternberg’s triarchic theory of intelligence

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People can be intelligent in analytic, practical, and/or creative ways

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“People can be intelligent in analytic, practical, and/or creative ways”
This is known as…

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Robert Sternberg’s triarchic theory of intelligence

Question 39

Who came up with the concept of mental age

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Alfred Binet

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What did Alfred Binet do

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Come up with the concept of mental age

Question 41

What roles do genetics and environment play in modeling intelligence

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Both nature and nurture influence intelligence

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What is heritability

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The measure of how much of a trait’s variation is explained by genetic factors

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What is the Flynn effect

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Since the gene pool has remained relatively stable and intelligence has been increasing steadily throughout the century, environmental factors play a role

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“Since the gene pool has remained relatively stable and intelligence has been increasing steadily throughout the century, environmental factors play a role”
This is known as the…

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Flynn effect

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What are racial differences in IQ scored explained by

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Environmental differences