Testing and Individual Differences Quiz

Question 1

A test that measures the quality or skill that is designed to measure is said to possess

Answer 1

validity

Question 2

if a test that is administered relatedly to the same individual produces dramatically different scores on each administration it is said to lack

Answer 2

reliability

Question 3

Most persons who are diagnosed with mental retardation are classified as having a ____________ degree of retardation.

Answer 3

mild

Question 4

A test that reflects the amount of knowledge you gained over the course of three years of high school French classes would be referred to as _____________ test.

Answer 4

an achievement

Question 5

Which of the following is the best example of predictive validity?

Answer 5

A person who does well on Law School Admissions Test does well in law school

Question 6

One’s store of general factual and conceptual knowledge is referred to collectively as

Answer 6

crystallized intelligence

Question 7

Claude Steele’s research suggests the test performance can be depressed by the self-fulfilling phenomenon called the

Answer 7

stereotyping treat

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of an intelligence test would be administered on an individual basis?

Answer 8

Wechsler Scale

Question 9

Clusters of related test questions that measure common abilities are identified with a statistical procedure called

Answer 9

factor analysis

Question 10

According to Robert Sternberg, a person who does well in school possess a high degree of ___________ intelligence>

Answer 10

analytical