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91.The most widely used intelligence tests in America today were developed by

A)Sir Francis Galton.

B)Alfred Binet.

C)Lewis Terman.

D)David Wechsler.

E)Howard Gardner.

92.Regarding Wechsler’s tests of intelligence, which of the following statements is FALSE?

A)Wechsler’s tests are the most widely used intelligence tests in the United States and Canada.

B)There are separate Wechsler tests for preschool children, school-age children, and adults.

C)Wechsler scales are standardized so that an average score is set at 100.

D)Wechsler developed the first measure of a mental quotient.

E)The Wechsler scales introduced the concept of the deviation IQ.

93.A deviation IQ is an IQ score based on

A)an average score after taking the test repeatedly.

B)typical IQ divided by grade in school.

C)typical IQ divided by age.

D)the difference of a person’s test score from the norms for that person’s age group.

E)the ratio of mental age to chronological age.

94.Helena takes the subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Adults (WAIS). She will take all but which of the following?

A)letter-number sequencing

B)vocabulary

C)comprehension

D)similarities

E)name memory

95.The process of establishing norms for a test by giving it to large numbers of people is called

A)reliability.

B)validity.

C)standardization.

D)normalization.

E)predictability.

96.Third-grade teacher Victor serves as a proctor for administration of group IQ tests to children at his school. Victor has been instructed to make sure that he follows the uniform procedures for administering the test in order to make sure the test is used correctly. With which criteria of test administration is Victor concerned?

A)Standardization

B)Norming

C)Validity

D)Accuracy

E)Reliability

97.In testing, ______ is to consistency of results as ______ is to accuracy of results.

A)norm; validity

B)norm; reliability

C)reliability; norm

D)validity; norm

E)reliability; validity

98.Dr. Fabiano wishes to assess the reliability of an intelligence test he recently developed. Fabiano chooses the test-retest method of assessing reliability. What will Dr. Fabiano have to do?

A)Compare subjects’ scores on the tests to their performance in academic arenas.

B)Give one version of the test to a group of subjects and then re-administer a parallel version of the test to the same subjects.

C)Make certain that he follows uniform procedures in administering the test to different subjects.

D)Give the test once to a group of subjects and then re-administer the test to a different group of subjects after a short time interval.

E)Give the test to a group of subjects and then re-administer it to the same subjects after a short time interval.

99.In the normal distribution of IQ scores, approximately what percentage of scores falls between 85 and 115?

A)95%

B)2%

C)34%

D)68%

E)14%

100.Your best friend takes an IQ tests and tells you that s/he scored “average.” Generalizing from the normal distribution of IQ scores, you know that your friend’s score

A)was below 100.

B)was above 100.

C)was 100.

D)fell somewhere between 85 and 115.

E)fell somewhere between 115 and 130.