Exam 2-history and IQ

psych 461

Who authored the first Stanford-Binet IQ test?

Terman

Who expanded Thurston’s theory and developed a theory of intelligence made up of 150 factors?

Guilford

Analytical

Componential

Creative

Experimental

Practical

Contextual

Adaptation, shaping and selection are?

Sternbergs Practical Intelligence

In what way did Thurstone disagree with
Spearman?

Thurstone believed in verbal intelligence and Spearman believed in general intelligence

Hobson Vs. Hanson Case

Banned tracking systems, which involved children being placed in educational tracks based on IQ scores

Which subtest on the WISC is not useful as a
measure of general intelligence?

Cancellation

The Ratio IQ formula has been replaced by

the deviation IQ formula

Raven’s Progressive Matrices

culture-reduced intelligence test that some
theorists believe measures g.

Inspection time is (positively / negatively) correlated with IQ scores

Negatively

The correlation of MCAT scores with medical
school grades is

r = .6

The correlation of MCAT scores with licensing
exam scores is as high as

r = .7

What is part of the processing Speed Index on the WISC?

coding, symbol search, and cancellation

WISC IQ scores account for about ? of the variance in classroom grades in elementary school students

25% - 50%

Diana vs. the Calif. State Board of Education

involved 9 Mexican-American children who were placed in EMR classes based
on low scores on standardized IQ tests administered by an English-speaking
examiner

Which WISC subtest measures the ability to analyze a whole into its component
parts?

Block Design

Which subtest on the WISC has traditionally been found to have the highest
correlation with IQ score?

Vocabulary

Who conducted a longitudinal research study of intellectually gifted people beginning in 1921 that spanned nearly 75 years?

Lewis Terman

he first questions listed on some WISC subtests are not the first items administered because the psychologist is trying to establish a

baseline