Myers AP Psychology - Midterm Final (Unit 0-3)
Exam Questions With Correct Answers
intelligence - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-mental quality consisting of the ability to
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learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new
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situations.
intelligence test - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a method for assessing an individual's
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mental aptitudes and comparing them with those of others, using numerical
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scores.
mental age - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a measure of intelligence test performance;
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the chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of
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performance. Thus, a child who does as well as the average 8-year-old is said to
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have a mental age of 8 (not applicable to adults)
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achievement test - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a test designed to assess what a
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person has learned. | |
aptitude test - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a test designed to predict a person's future
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performance; aptitude is the capacity to learn. | | | | | |
intelligence quotient (IQ) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-defined originally as the ratio
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of mental age (ma) to chronological age (ca) multiplied by 100 [thus, IQ = (ma/ca)
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|x 100]. On contemporary intelligence tests, the average performance for a given
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age is assigned a score of 100.
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,Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the most widely
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used intelligence test for adults; contains verbal and performance (nonverbal)
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subtests.
standardization - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-defining meaningful scores by
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comparison with the performance of a pretested standardization group.
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normal curve - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the symmetrical bell-shaped curve that
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describes the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes. Most
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scores fall near the average, and fewer and fewer scores lie near the extremes
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content validity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the extent to which a test samples the
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behavior that is of interest (such as a driving test that samples driving tasks).
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predictive validity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the success with which a test predicts
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the behavior it is designed to predict; it is assessed by computing the correlation
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between test scores and the criterion behavior.
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reliability - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the extent to which a test yields consistent
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results, as assessed by the consistency of scores on two halves of the test, on
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alternate forms of the test, or on retesting.
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validity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the extent to which a test measures or predicts
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what it is supposed to. (See also content validity and predictive validity.)
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,stereotype threat - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a self-confirming concern that one will
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be evaluated based on a negative stereotype.
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psychometics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-branch of psychology that deals with the
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design, administration, and interpretation of quantitative tests for the
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measurement of psychological variables such as intelligence, aptitude, and
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personality traits. |
Stereotype Lift - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the performance boost of an ingroup
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member caused by the awareness that an outgroup is negatively stereotyped
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test-retest reliability - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a measure for reliability in which if
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you take the same test 2 x's you will get the same score again it shows this type
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of reliability.
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split-half reliability - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a measure for reliability in which the
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same test is compared in terms of odd answers vs. even. questions for correlation
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of score.
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content validity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a measure for validity that seeks to
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determine how well does it measure/ cover the meanings of the concept
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stereotype threat - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a self confirming concern that one will
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be evaluated based on a negative stereotype. if students are told they will do
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badly and they believe it - it influences their performance
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, Flynn Effect - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-IQ scores across much of the world have
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generally increased over time due to societal factors, such as higher
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socioeconomic status and access to better | | | | |
health care and better nutrition.
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general intelligence (g factor) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-underlies all mental
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abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test
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multiple intelligences - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The idea that human intelligence is
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comprised of a varied set of abilities rather than a single, all-encompassing one
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fluid intelligence - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-our ability to reason speedily and
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abstractly; tends to decrease during late adulthood
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crystallized intelligence - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-our accumulated knowledge and
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verbal skills; tends to increase with age
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growth mindset - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the idea that our abilities are malleable
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qualities that we can cultivate and grow
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fixed mindset - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the idea that we have a set amount of an
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ability that cannot change
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cognition - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-all the mental activities associated with
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thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating.
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Exam Questions With Correct Answers
intelligence - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-mental quality consisting of the ability to
| | | | | | | | | |
learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new
| | | | | | | | | | | |
situations.
intelligence test - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a method for assessing an individual's
| | | | | | | | | |
mental aptitudes and comparing them with those of others, using numerical
| | | | | | | | | | |
scores.
mental age - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a measure of intelligence test performance;
| | | | | | | | | |
the chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of
| | | | | | | | | | | |
performance. Thus, a child who does as well as the average 8-year-old is said to
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
have a mental age of 8 (not applicable to adults)
| | | | | | | | |
achievement test - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a test designed to assess what a
| | | | | | | | | | |
person has learned. | |
aptitude test - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a test designed to predict a person's future
| | | | | | | | | | | |
performance; aptitude is the capacity to learn. | | | | | |
intelligence quotient (IQ) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-defined originally as the ratio
| | | | | | | | | |
of mental age (ma) to chronological age (ca) multiplied by 100 [thus, IQ = (ma/ca)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|x 100]. On contemporary intelligence tests, the average performance for a given
| | | | | | | | | | | |
age is assigned a score of 100.
| | | | | |
,Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the most widely
| | | | | | | | |
used intelligence test for adults; contains verbal and performance (nonverbal)
| | | | | | | | | | |
subtests.
standardization - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-defining meaningful scores by
| | | | | | |
comparison with the performance of a pretested standardization group.
| | | | | | | |
normal curve - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the symmetrical bell-shaped curve that
| | | | | | | | |
describes the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes. Most
| | | | | | | | | |
scores fall near the average, and fewer and fewer scores lie near the extremes
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
content validity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the extent to which a test samples the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
behavior that is of interest (such as a driving test that samples driving tasks).
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
predictive validity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the success with which a test predicts
| | | | | | | | | | |
the behavior it is designed to predict; it is assessed by computing the correlation
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
between test scores and the criterion behavior.
| | | | | |
reliability - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the extent to which a test yields consistent
| | | | | | | | | | |
results, as assessed by the consistency of scores on two halves of the test, on
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
alternate forms of the test, or on retesting.
| | | | | | |
validity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the extent to which a test measures or predicts
| | | | | | | | | | | |
what it is supposed to. (See also content validity and predictive validity.)
| | | | | | | | | | |
,stereotype threat - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a self-confirming concern that one will
| | | | | | | | | |
be evaluated based on a negative stereotype.
| | | | | |
psychometics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-branch of psychology that deals with the
| | | | | | | | | |
design, administration, and interpretation of quantitative tests for the
| | | | | | | | |
measurement of psychological variables such as intelligence, aptitude, and
| | | | | | | | |
personality traits. |
Stereotype Lift - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the performance boost of an ingroup
| | | | | | | | | |
member caused by the awareness that an outgroup is negatively stereotyped
| | | | | | | | | |
test-retest reliability - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a measure for reliability in which if
| | | | | | | | | | |
you take the same test 2 x's you will get the same score again it shows this type
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
of reliability.
|
split-half reliability - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a measure for reliability in which the
| | | | | | | | | | |
same test is compared in terms of odd answers vs. even. questions for correlation
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
of score.
| |
content validity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a measure for validity that seeks to
| | | | | | | | | | |
determine how well does it measure/ cover the meanings of the concept
| | | | | | | | | | |
stereotype threat - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a self confirming concern that one will
| | | | | | | | | | |
be evaluated based on a negative stereotype. if students are told they will do
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
badly and they believe it - it influences their performance
| | | | | | | | |
, Flynn Effect - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-IQ scores across much of the world have
| | | | | | | | | | | |
generally increased over time due to societal factors, such as higher
| | | | | | | | | | |
socioeconomic status and access to better | | | | |
health care and better nutrition.
| | | |
general intelligence (g factor) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-underlies all mental
| | | | | | | | |
abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test
| | | | | | | | | | |
multiple intelligences - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The idea that human intelligence is
| | | | | | | | |
comprised of a varied set of abilities rather than a single, all-encompassing one
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
fluid intelligence - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-our ability to reason speedily and
| | | | | | | | | |
abstractly; tends to decrease during late adulthood
| | | | | |
crystallized intelligence - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-our accumulated knowledge and
| | | | | | | |
verbal skills; tends to increase with age
| | | | | |
growth mindset - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the idea that our abilities are malleable
| | | | | | | | | | |
qualities that we can cultivate and grow
| | | | | |
fixed mindset - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the idea that we have a set amount of an
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
ability that cannot change
| | |
cognition - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-all the mental activities associated with
| | | | | | | | |
thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating.
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