NAME: Intro to Psychology Module 13 Intelligence 106 points Introduction 1. What is psychometrics, and why is it important to psychology? (4 pts.

A. Defining Intelligence 2. What is the psychometric approach? (2 pts.)

3. Explain Spearmans two-factor theory. (4 pts.)

4. How is g typically measured? What are the advantages/disadvantages of trying to quantify intelligence in this way? (5 pts.)

5. What is Gardners multiple-intelligence theory? (2 pts.)

6. Explain Sternbergs triarchic theory. (6 pts.)

B. Measuring Intelligence 7. How did Francis Galton try to measure intelligence? Paul Broca? Were their measures reliable? (4 pts.)

8. Explain how a positive correlation between brain size and intelligence doesnt necessarily mean that having a bigger brain means having a higher IQ score. (2 pts)

9. What is known about gender differences when it comes to brain size and levels of intelligence? (2 pts)

10. How did Binet define intelligence, and thus develop his measure for it? (4 pts.)

11. What was this measure called, and what was its original intent? (3 pts.)

12. How did Lewis Terman change the scoring of the test? What was the new score called and how was it computed? (4 pts.)

13. What is the most widely-used IQ test? What are some of its drawbacks? (5 pts.)

14. Explain the principles of validity and reliability and their relevance to testing. (6 pts.)

C. Distribution & Use of IQ Scores 15. How are IQ scores useful? Why cant they be used to predict individual academic performance? (4 pts.)

16. What could be some of the drawbacks of being in the gifted IQ category? (4 pts.)

D. Potential Problems of IQ Testing 17. What were Binets two warnings? What were the consequences of not heeding them? (6 pts.)

18. What lessons have been learned re solely using IQ tests for student placement? (2 pts.)

19. What is cultural bias and is it possible to create a standardized test free of it? Why or why not? (4 pts.)

E. Nature-Nurture Question 20. How much do genetic factors impact intelligence (as measured by IQ scores)? (1 pt.)

21. What role does level of stimulation seeking play? How much? (2 pts.)

22. What do the environmental/adoption studies conducted in France and the U.S. indicate? (2 pts)

23. What is the premise of The Bell Curve and what are the two prevailing explanations given to explain it? Is there an explanation that you can think of, which was referred to earlier in the chapter, but is not mentioned here? (8 pts.)

24. Where does the APA stand on this issue? (2 pts.)

25. What is the problem with assigning race based on skin color? (2 pts.)

F. Cultural Diversity: Races, IQs & 26. How did Terman hope to use IQ scores for occupation placement? (2 pts.)

27. What were the 3 conclusions reached by Yerkes and his colleagues via their army IQ testing? (6 pts.)

28. How were immigration laws impacted by Yerkes findings? (2 pts.)

H. Application: Intervention Programs 29. List the goals of Head Start and what long-term beneficial effects it has been proven to have. How might its level of success been seen differently if IQ testing had been used as a prime or sole method of measurement? (6 pts.)