Jeopardy

People
100 Who developed the first intelligence test designed to predict the performance of French school children? (Binet)
200 What is Spearmans concept of g? (a single general intelligence that underlies all other factors)
300 Who developed the theory of multiple intelligences? (Gardiner)
400 What are the three intelligences describes by Sternberg? (Analytical (or academic), Practical, and Creative)
500 What famous psychologist helped to develop tests to give to army recruits and immigrants. He supported the eugentics
movement. (Terman)
Principles of testing
100 What type of test (achievement or aptitude) is intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill? (aptitude)
200 What is the name of the most commonly used aptitude test for adults? (WAIS or Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale)
300 What is validity? (a measure of how well a test tests what it is supposed to test)
400 What is the term that means the process of defining meaningful scores relative to a pretested group? (standardization)
500 What is the Flynn effect? (intelligence test scores have been rising steadily over the past 80 years)
Types of Intelligence:
100 What is the formula for calculating IQ? ( (mental age/chronological age) x 100 )
200 -- Name 4 of Gardiners multiple intelligences. (linguistic, logical-mathematical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, musical, kinesthetic,
naturalist, and spatial)
300 What are the two subtests of the WAIS? (verbal and performance)
400 Name three of the five components of creative intelligence. (expertise, imagination, venturesome personality, intrinsic
motivation, and creative environment)
500 You give a child a marshmallow and tell him that he can either have it now or he can wait until you return from an errand and
then he can have two. A child who waits until you return to receive two marshmallows is likely to score high on what type of
intelligence test? (emotional intelligence)
The Biology of Intelligence
100 -- How does brain volume correlate with intelligence? (positive correlation; increase brain volume is associated (mildly) with
increase intelligence)
200 -- How does glucose consumption (as measured using a PET scan) correlate with intelligence? (negative correlation; increased
glucose consumption is associated with decreased intelligence; smart people are more efficient with brain glucose)
300 -- People with an extra 21st chromosome suffer from varying degrees of mental retardation. What is this disorder called? (Downs
syndrome)
400 -- As children grow older, their intelligence test scores become increasingly like their biological or adoptive parents? (biological)
500 -- What is one piece of evidence provided by your book that indicates that intelligence has a genetic component? (identical twins
score more similarly than fraternal twins, a gene has been identified that is correlated with intelligence, experiments in mice
have shown that insertion of a certain gene can cause an increased ability to learn)
Miscellaneous
100 -- Mental retardation is defined as having difficulty adapting to the normal demands of independent living AND have an
intelligence test score below what? (70)
200 -- What is the savant syndrome? (a condition in which a person of limited mental ability has extraordinary ability or talent in one
specific area)
300 -- What is the difference between content validity and predictive validity? (content validity is a measure of how well a test
measures mastery of a set content or skill, while predictive validity is a measure of how well a test predicts the behavior it was
designed to predict.)
400 -- Name two characteristics associated with people with high EQs. (good at perceiving emotions, good at expressing emotions,
self-aware, unlikely to be overwhelmed by anxiety or depression, know how to encourage others, how to manage conflicts, delay
gratification)
500 -- What is factor analysis? (a statistical technique used to identified groups of related items on a test)